English
aerostat
Aerostat comes from French aérostat.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérostat
- Englishearliest quotation 2008aerostat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérostat
- Englishearliest quotation 2008aerostat
Earliest quotation: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction): “With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing…”
A compound of ἀήρ ‘air’ + στατός ‘stable’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’
Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘air’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tós ‘placed, standing’
Proto-Hellenic *statós
Ancient Greek στατός ‘stable’
Every English word from French aérostat
Today it means
noun An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French aérostat / aerostat