English
aeroport
From aero- + port as a modification of earlier airport.
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-
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour, port’
Old English port ‘a port, haven’
English port
Today it means
noun An airport.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aeroport