English

airletter

From air + letter.

A compound of air + letter

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Latin littera ‘letter of the alphabet; (plural) epistle’

Old French letre

Middle English letter

Today it means

noun An aerogram.

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

Etymograph / airletter