English

airstaff

From air + staff.

A compound of air + staff

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to stand still’

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Proto-Germanic *stabaz ‘staff’

Proto-West Germanic *stab

Old English stæf ‘letter of the alphabet’

Middle English staf ‘a staff used to support one's movement’

English staff

Today it means

noun The staff of a radio station whose voices are broadcast.

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

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