Etymology

aircraft

air·craft
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Today it means: A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift. Full definition →

English craft ← Middle English craft ← Old English cræft
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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-Germanic*krafjaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  12. Old Englishcræft
  13. Middle Englishcraft
  14. Englishcraft
  15. English todayaircraft

From air + -craft.

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