Where does “aerodrome” come from?

Aerodrome comes from English aero-, from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aerós), the genitive of ἀήρ (aḗr, air), from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁-, meaning to blow or flow.

aerodrome (English): An airfield; A flying machine composed of...

Definitions

  1. An airfield; A flying machine composed of...

Ancestry of “aerodrome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-dromepath
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “aerodrome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek δρόμος →