English

airfleet

From air + fleet.

A compound of air + fleet

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to flow, run’

Proto-Germanic *fleutaną ‘to float, stream’

Old English flēotan ‘to float’

Old English flēot ‘ship’

Middle English flete

English fleet

Today it means

noun A fleet of (civilian or military) aircraft.

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