Etymology

airstrike

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Today it means: To attack a ground target through the use of aircraft or missiles. Full definition →

English strike ← Middle English aire ← Old French air
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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. Englishstrike
  10. English todayairstrike

From air + strike.

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