Alitalia Italian airline, is poised to make bankruptcy . What is the history of the word plane?
interesting word if any, of recent appearance, the word airplane can be likened to the word bird ... report what you say? Well, avian means respect for birds. And two words have the common root notice that siginfie bird in Latin scholar. And as the bird flies the plane!
I told you that the word was new: it is considered it appeared in 1875, with Clement Ader, diversion of aviation.
Anecdote: until 1903, we are not talking airplane, but airplane.
Second anecdote: some say birddog is the acronym of "A pparatus V olant I mitant the IRDS N O Aturella" ... but no official source to verify it does!
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