Etymology

airway

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English way ← Middle English wey ← Old English weġ
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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*weǵʰ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*wegaz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*weg
  12. Old Englishweġ
  13. Middle Englishwey
  14. Englishway
  15. English todayairway

From air + way.

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