Etymology

elevon

E1L1E1V4O1N1

Today it means: A movable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control. Full definition →

English aileron ← French aileron ← Middle French aisle
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  8. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  9. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  10. Latinlevis
  11. Latinlevō
  12. Latinēlevō
  13. Latinēlevātus
  14. Middle Englishelevat
  15. Middle Englishelevaten
  16. Englishelevate
  17. Englishelevator
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  20. Proto-Italic*aksis
  21. Latinaxis
  22. Latin*axla
  23. Latināla
  24. Old Frenchaile
  25. Middle Frenchaisle
  26. Frenchaile
  27. Frenchaileron
  28. Englishaileron
  29. English todayelevon

Blend of elevator + aileron.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.