Etymology

airstrip

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Today it means: An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities. Full definition →

English strip ← Middle English aire ← Old French air
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The story

  1. Latināēr
  2. Old Frenchair
  3. Middle Englishaire
  4. Englishair
  5. Englishstrip
  6. English todayairstrip

From air + strip.

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