Etymograph

English

airwalk

From air + walk.

A compound of air + walk

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’

Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‘to roll, toss, turn; to walk’

Proto-West Germanic *walkan

Old English wealcan ‘to move around, roll’

Middle English walken ‘to roll, toss; to walk’

English walk

Today it means

noun A trick in which the skater holds the board and kicks out both feet while in the air.

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

Etymograph / airwalk