Where does “airprox” come from?
airprox (English) comes from English aircraft, from English -craft, from Middle English -craft, from Old English -cræft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
airprox (English): A near miss between aircraft
Definitions
- A near miss between aircraft
Ancestry of “airprox”, step by step
airprox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aircraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aircraft | A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to... |
| 2 | English | -craft | Denoting a skill of a particular kind; Denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -craft | — |
| 4 | Old English | -cræft | denoting an art or science; denoting strength or... |
| 5 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English proximity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proximity | Closeness; the state of being near as in space,... |
| 2 | English | proximate | Close or closest; adjacent; Immediately preceding... |
| 3 | Latin | proximatus | |
| 4 | Latin | proximare | present active infinitive of proximō;... |
| 5 | Latin | proximus | nearest, next; adjoining; superlative degree of... |
| 6 | Latin | prope | near, nearby, nigh; close in time; almost, nearly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | prokʷe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |