Where does “ler” come from?

ler (Mauritian Creole) comes from French air, from Middle French air, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ, from Ancient Greek auhḗr.

ler (Mauritian Creole): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “ler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchairair; tune, aria; appearance
2Middle Frenchair
3Old Frenchairair mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere
4Latināērair
5Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
6Ancient Greekauhḗr
Every word from Ancient Greek auhḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀήρEvery word from Latin āēr