Of, relating to, or suitable for flying or aviation activities.
From Latin 'avis' (bird) + '-atory' (relating to or serving for), creating an adjective meaning 'pertaining to flying.' This suffix was commonly used in technical terminology developed in the early aviation era.
While 'aviatorial' is more common today, 'aviatory' shows how English speakers experimented with different suffixes to describe this brand-new field of human endeavor.
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