English

airwar

From air + war.

A compound of air + war

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *wers- ‘to mix up, confuse’

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Medieval Latin werra

Old Northern French werre

Old English werre ‘armed conflict’

Middle English werre

English war

Today it means

noun A war fought predominantly by aircraft.

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