English

airshoot

From air + shoot.

A compound of air + shoot

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Germanic *skeutaną ‘to shoot, dash’

Proto-West Germanic *skeutan ‘to shoot’

Old English scēotan ‘to shoot’

Middle English scheten

English shoot

Today it means

noun A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.

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

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