ekranoplan

The story

1. French · derived fromplaner“to glide, to hover”
2. French · derived fromécran
3. Russian · borrowed fromэкранопла́н
4. English todayekranoplan

Borrowed from Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán), itself derived from экра́н (ekrán, “screen”) as used in экранный эффе́кт (ekrannyj effékt, “ground effect”), from French écran, + the root of French planer (“to glide, to hover”).

Words from the same roots