English
aerosonde
aero- + sonde
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 *swem(bʰ)- ‘to be unsteady, swim’
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Proto-West Germanic *sund
Old English sund ‘ocean, sea’
Old French sonde ‘sounding line’
French sonde ‘probe’
English sonde
Today it means
noun A sonde carried by a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aerosonde