Where does “air” come from?

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

Ancestry of “air”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchairair mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere
2Latināērair
3Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
4Ancient Greekauhḗr—

Words derived from “air”

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