Etymology

airy

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Today it means: Consisting of air. Full definition →

English air ← 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. English todayairy

From air + -y.

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