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Where does “aerluas” come from?

aerluas (Irish) comes from Irish aer-, from Irish aera-, from Irish aer, from Old Irish áer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ, from Ancient Greek auhḗr.

aerluas (Irish): airspeed

Definitions

  1. airspeed

Ancestry of “aerluas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishaer-Alternative form of aera-; aero-; air, aero-
2Irishaera-air-, aero-, aerial; pneumatic
3Irishaerair; sky; climate
4Old Irisháercutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning,...
5Latināēr—
6Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
7Ancient Greekauhḗr—
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