English

airgap

From air + gap.

A compound of air + gap

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Old Norse gap ‘an empty space, chasm’

Middle English gap ‘gap, opening’

English gap

Today it means

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