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aeroport en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port English aeroport From aero- + port as a modification of earlier airport. Compare French aéroport.

Meanings

1. (dated) An airport.
   • ...to imitate flow of aircraft through an airspace and behavior of landing and taking-off aircraft in an aeroport area. 1994, George W Zobrist, James V Leonard, Progress in Simulation:
   • I couldn't have gotten within a hundred feet of your fighters, and I hold an aeroport security badge. There is no way the Saudi prince got to your aircraft […] 2008, Chris Stewart, The God of War:
   • Almost all the air accidents occur in the near vicinity of an aeroport […] 1977, Excerpta Medica:

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