English

airwound

From air + wound.

A compound of air + wound

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *wen- ‘to strive, toil, win’

Proto-Germanic *wundō

Proto-West Germanic *wundu

Old English wund ‘a wound, an injury’

Middle English wund

English wound

Today it means

adj Wound around air, i.e. lacking a solid core.

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

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