Where does “airwall” come from?

airwall (English) comes from English Wall, from Middle English wall, from Old English weall, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

airwall (English): The notional part of a network configuration...

Definitions

  1. The notional part of a network configuration...

Ancestry of “airwall”, step by step

airwall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWallThe Berlin Wall
2Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
3Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
4Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
5Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

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 wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Proto-Germanic wallaz →