'aviculture' originates from Latin, specifically the words 'avis' and 'cultura', where 'avis' meant 'bird' and 'cultura' meant 'cultivation'.

'aviculture' changed from the Medieval Latin word 'avicultura' (formed from 'avis' + 'cultura') and eventually became the modern English word 'aviculture' through borrowing into English from scholarly/technical Latin.

Initially, it meant 'the cultivation or tending of birds', and over time it evolved into the current meaning 'the practice of breeding and keeping birds in captivity'.