air
Norman
noun
Definitions
- air (mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin āēr (air).
Origin
Latin
āēr
Gloss
air
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
気
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerofaciens Latin
- āēr Latin
- aria Italian
- air French
- aérer French
- aire Spanish, Castilian
- ἀήρ Ancient Greek
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- air Old French
- aire, eir Old French
- aero Esperanto
- aire Catalan, Valencian
- aer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aer Old Irish
- ajër Albanian
- aar Old Portuguese
- aire Occitan
- aria Romansh
- aer Breton
- aire Ladino
- awyr Middle Welsh
- äwyr, awyr Middle Welsh