Etymology

airbrush

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Today it means: A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. Full definition →

English brush ← Middle English brusshe ← Old French broisse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Latināēr
  6. Old Frenchair
  7. Middle Englishaire
  8. Englishair
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  11. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  12. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  13. Frankish*bursti
  14. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  15. Old Frenchbroisse
  16. Middle Englishbrusshe
  17. Englishbrush
  18. English todayairbrush

From air + brush.

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