Etymology

aerostat

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Today it means: An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors. Full definition →

French aérostat ← Ancient Greek ἀήρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀήρ“air”
  2. French · borrowed fromaérostat
  3. English todayaerostat

Borrowed from French aérostat, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + στατός (statós, “stable”), equivalent to aero- + -stat.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀήρ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.