Where does “aerlift” come from?
aerlift (Romanian) comes from Romanian lift, from British English lift, from French lift, from English lift, from Middle English lifte, from Old English lyft, from Proto-West Germanic luftu, from Proto-Germanic luftuz — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
aerlift (Romanian): airlift
Definitions
- airlift
Ancestry of “aerlift”, step by step
aerlift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian lift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lift | elevator, lift |
| 2 | British English | lift | — |
| 3 | French | lift | lift attendant UK, elevator attendant US |
| 4 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 5 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 6 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |