English

airbrake

From air + brake.

A compound of air + brake

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Middle Low German brake ‘nose ring, curb, flax brake’

English brake

Today it means

noun A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).

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