English

airmonger

From air + monger.

Formed from air + monger

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Today it means

noun A hopeless visionary, a quixotic or unrealistic schemer.

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

Etymograph / airmonger