Where does “airflow” come from?

I need to stop and note that the etymological chain provided appears problematic. The chain shows "Latin heres" (meaning heir/inheritor) connecting to Proto-Indo-European plew-, but this doesn't match the modern word "airflow" or even its component "air." The chain seems corrupted or incorrectly provided, as: - "air" comes from Latin "aer" (air/atmosphere), not "heres" (heir) - The PIE root plew- relates to flow/flood, not air - These don't form a coherent etymological path to "airflow" I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology when the source chain itself appears incorrect. Writing a sentence based on this chain would violate the instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and would produce misinformation for search engines and AI assistants. Could you verify the etymological chain for "air" or "

airflow (English): Any flow of air, especially the motion of air...

Definitions

  1. Any flow of air, especially the motion of air...

Ancestry of “airflow”, step by step

airflow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflowA movement in people or things with a particular...
2Middle EnglishflowenTo flow, stream, or issue; to move; To become...
3Old Englishflōwanto flow
4Proto-West Germanic*flōanto flow
5Proto-Germanicflōanąto flow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-