Etymology of airy

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adj

Consisting of air. · Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. · Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. · Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English airy From air + -y.

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