English

aerobomb

From aero- + bomb.

Formed from aero- + bomb

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’

Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘air’

Ancient Greek ἀέρος

English aero-

Ancient Greek βόμβος ‘booming, humming’

Latin bombus ‘a booming sound’

Italian bomba

French bombe

English bomb

Today it means

noun A bomb dropped from an aircraft.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aerobomb