Where does “airbrasive” come from?

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

airbrasive (English): A device that delivers a jet of sodium bicarbonate slurry at teeth in order to remove stains

Definitions

  1. A device that delivers a jet of sodium bicarbonate slurry at teeth in order to remove stains

Ancestry of “airbrasive”, step by step

airbrasive 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 abrasive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabrasiveProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the...
2Medieval Latinabrāsīvus—
Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀήρ →Every word from Latin āēr →