Where does “aircrew” come from?
Aircrew derives from English air and crew, with air coming from Middle English air, Anglo-Norman eir, and Latin aer meaning "atmosphere," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- meaning "to grow."
aircrew (English): A group of two or more trained individuals,...
Definitions
- A group of two or more trained individuals,...
Ancestry of “aircrew”, step by step
aircrew traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crew | A group of people together; A person in a crew;... |
| 2 | Middle English | crue | — |
| 3 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 4 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 5 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |