Where does “airbrake” come from?

airbrake (English) comes from English aïr, from Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ, from Ancient Greek auhḗr.

airbrake (English): A brake that is operated pneumatically; A moving...

Definitions

  1. A brake that is operated pneumatically; A moving...

Ancestry of “airbrake”, step by step

airbrake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English aïr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishaïr—
2Middle Englishaireair
3Old Frenchairair mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere
4Latināērair
5Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
6Ancient Greekauhḗr—

via English brake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrakeA fern; bracken; A thicket, or an area overgrown...
2Middle Low Germanbrakestump, branch; nose ring, curb, flax brake
3Proto-Germanic*brekan—
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀήρ →Every word from Latin āēr →