Etymology

spoileron

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Today it means: A spoiler panel which is extended on one wing of an aircraft in order to decrease the lift and increase the drag generated by said wing, rolling and yawing the aircraft towards that wing. Full definition →

English aileron ← French aileron ← Middle French aisle
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The story

  1. Latinspolium
  2. Latinspoliāre
  3. Old Frenchespoillier
  4. Middle Englishspoilen
  5. Englishspoil
  6. Englishspoiler
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  9. Proto-Italic*aksis
  10. Latinaxis
  11. Latin*axla
  12. Latināla
  13. Old Frenchaile
  14. Middle Frenchaisle
  15. Frenchaile
  16. Frenchaileron
  17. Englishaileron
  18. English todayspoileron

Blend of spoiler + aileron.

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