Where does “airleave” come from?

airleave (English) comes from English leave, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — light.

airleave (English): An easement consisting of the right granted to a miner to ventilate onto a property

Definitions

  1. An easement consisting of the right granted to a miner to ventilate onto a property

Ancestry of “airleave”, step by step

airleave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English leave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleaveTo have a consequence or remnant; To depart; to...
2FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
3Middle Frenchleverto lift
4Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
5Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
6Latinlēvislight, not heavy
7Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

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 h₁lengʷʰ- →