English

aeroplankton

From aero- + plankton.

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 πλάζω ‘I turn aside, wander’

Ancient Greek πλαγκτός ‘drifter’

German Plankton

Today it means

noun The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.

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

Etymograph / aeroplankton