Etymograph

English

airstone

From air + stone.

A compound of air + stone

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

noun A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

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

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