Etymology

ailevator

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Today it means: Synonym of elevon. Full definition →

English elevator ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  3. Proto-Italic*aksis
  4. Latinaxis
  5. Latin*axla
  6. Latināla
  7. Old Frenchaile
  8. Middle Frenchaisle
  9. Frenchaile
  10. Frenchaileron
  11. Englishaileron
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  14. Proto-Italic*eks
  15. Latinex
  16. Latinex-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  19. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  20. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  21. Latinlevis
  22. Latinlevō
  23. Latinēlevō
  24. Latinēlevātus
  25. Middle Englishelevat
  26. Middle Englishelevaten
  27. Englishelevate
  28. Englishelevator
  29. English todayailevator

Blend of aileron + elevator.

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