air
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɛːr/
noun
Definitions
- air, pretension or pretentious attitude
- tune, melody
Etymology
Borrowed from French air derived from Middle French air derived from Old French air derived from Latin āēr (air) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weh₁-
Gloss
blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aero- English
- ventilator English
- aerofaciens Latin
- aptus Latin
- vannus Latin
- ventilāre Latin
- ventilātus Latin
- ventus Latin
- ventōsus Latin
- āēr Latin
- aria Italian
- venticello Italian
- ventilator Dutch, Flemish
- ventileren Dutch, Flemish
- air French
- aérer French
- éventer French
- aire Spanish, Castilian
- ἀέρος Ancient Greek
- ἀήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀθλέω Ancient Greek
- ἀθλητής Ancient Greek
- ἀτμός Ancient Greek
- ἄθλημα Ancient Greek
- ἆθλον Ancient Greek
- ἆθλος Ancient Greek
- ἠεροειδής Ancient Greek
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂weh₁-yús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥tos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *wēaną Proto-Germanic
- *wēngijaz Proto-Germanic
- वा Sanskrit
- hvirfilvindr Old Norse
- *větrъ Proto-Slavic
- air Old French
- aire, eir Old French
- aero Esperanto
- aire Catalan, Valencian
- aer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- prifwynt Welsh
- aer Old Irish
- fet Old Irish
- air Norman
- ajër Albanian
- vetëtin Albanian
- air Middle French
- aar Old Portuguese
- *HwaHyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- aire Occitan
- *watnos Proto-Italic
- aria Romansh
- vėjas Lithuanian
- aer Breton
- *aweita Proto-Albanian
- *awuòr Proto-Albanian
- *wetrā Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wētras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wḗˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ventixeu Ligurian
- aire Ladino
- awyr Middle Welsh
- äwyr, awyr Middle Welsh