English

airdock

From air + dock.

A compound of air + dock

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- ‘to produce’

Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ ‘power, strength’

Proto-West Germanic *dokkā ‘something round, ball’

Old English docce

Middle English dokke

English dock

Today it means

noun A very large hangar for the storage of airships.

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