Etymology

airwoman

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Today it means: A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator. Full definition →

Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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The story

  1. Latināēr
  2. Old Frenchair
  3. Middle Englishaire
  4. Englishair
  5. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  7. Old Englishwīf
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Old Englishwīfmann
  13. Middle Englishwoman
  14. English todayairwoman

From air + -woman.

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