Where does “aircrewman” come from?
aircrewman (English) comes from English aircrew, from English crew, from Middle English crue, from Old French creue, from Old French croistre, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
aircrewman (English): A member of a military aircrew
Definitions
- A member of a military aircrew
Ancestry of “aircrewman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aircrew | A group of two or more trained individuals,... |
| 2 | English | crew | A group of people together; A person in a crew;... |
| 3 | Middle English | crue | — |
| 4 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 5 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 6 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |