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Where does “aer” come from?

aer (Old Irish) comes from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ, from Ancient Greek auhḗr.

aer (Old Irish): cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning,...

Definitions

  1. cutting, incising; act of satirising, lampooning,...

Ancestry of “aer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latināēr—
2Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
3Ancient Greekauhḗr—

Words derived from “aer”

  • aoire
  • banaoire
  • aoirigh
  • aor
  • aorthóir
  • aorúil
  • aoir
  • aorach
  • aorachas
  • aoir
  • áeraid
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