aerial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   existing or living or growing or operating in the air

   Aerial roots of a philodendron.

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Simplified etymology

Aerial, recorded from the late 16th century, comes from the same Greek source as air, aēr. It first meant existing or occurring in the air; the noun for a rod or wire that transmits or receives signals appeared in the early 20th century.

From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.

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