Where does “airway” come from?

Airway comes from English air and way, where way derives from Anglo-Norman eir, Latin heres, and Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-, ultimately meaning to carry or move.

airway (English): The trachea; A flight path used by aeroplanes

Definitions

  1. The trachea; A flight path used by aeroplanes

Ancestry of “airway”, step by step

airway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via English Way

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWayChristianity
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “airway”

Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀήρ →Every word from Latin āēr →