English

airleg

From air + leg.

A compound of air + leg

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

Today it means

noun jackleg

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.