English

airchain

From air + chain.

A compound of air + chain

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Italic *katesnā

Latin catēna ‘chain’

Old French chaeine ‘chain’

Middle English cheyne ‘a chain’

English chain

Today it means

noun The route that an audio or video signal travels on its way through a radio station or television station.

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