Where does “aqualunger” come from?

aqualunger (English) comes from English aqualung, from English lung, from Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic lunganjō, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

aqualunger (English): A diver who uses an aqualung

Definitions

  1. A diver who uses an aqualung

Ancestry of “aqualunger”, step by step

aqualunger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English aqualung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaqualungA piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater
2EnglishlungA biological organ of vertebrates that controls...
3Middle Englishlunge
4Old Englishlungenlung
5Proto-Germaniclunganjōlung
6Proto-Germaniclungôlung
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
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