English

airsickness

From air + sickness or airsick + -ness.

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Germanic *seukaną ‘to be sick’

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Proto-West Germanic *seuk ‘sick’

Old English sēoc ‘sick’

Old English sēocnes ‘sickness, disease’

Middle English sikness

Today it means

noun A feeling of nausea, dizziness etc. caused by the motion of an aircraft; a form of motion sickness.

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

Etymograph / airsickness