The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromaeria
- Old French · derived fromaire
- Middle English · inherited fromeire
- English todayeyrie
From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englisheire all →
eyre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.