airair

Air comes from Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘mist, air’.

1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾱ̓ήρ¹āḗr‘mist, air’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāēr¹
3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400air¹
4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aire¹
5. Englishearliest quotation 1813air¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English air
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice: […]: “"If I," said Mr. Collins, "were so fortunate as…”.