Etymograph

English

aileron

Aileron comes from French aile.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentaile
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentaileron
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentaile
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentaileron
  3. Englishtodaysame form

first attested It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing" (as stated in the etymology)

The story

It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.

Every English word from French aile

Today it means

noun The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.

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

Etymograph / French aile / aileron

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