Where does “aircrash” come from?

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

aircrash (English): An airplane crash

Definitions

  1. An airplane crash

Ancestry of “aircrash”, step by step

aircrash 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 crash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrashA sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for...
2Middle Englishcrasshen—
Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗr →