Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “airstrip” come from?

Airstrip is a 20th-century English compound of air and strip, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- meaning to release or let go.

airstrip (English): An aircraft landing field, usually with one...

Definitions

  1. An aircraft landing field, usually with one...

Ancestry of “airstrip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishaïr—
2Middle Englishaire—
3Old Frenchairair
4Latināēr—
5Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
6Ancient Greekauhḗr—
Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗr →