English
aerostructure
From aero- + structure.
A compound of aero- + structure
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 *strew- ‘to strew, spread out’
Proto-Italic *strowō
Latin struō ‘to pile up; to build’
Latin structūra ‘a fitting together, building’
Middle French structure
English structure
Today it means
noun Any component or subsystem of the airframe of an aircraft
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aerostructure