Etymograph

English

aerolith

From aero- + -lith.

Formed from aero + lith

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’

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

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist’

English aero

Proto-Germanic *liþuz ‘limb’

Proto-West Germanic *liþu

Old English liþ ‘limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point’

Middle English lith

English lith

Today it means

noun A meteorite.

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

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