Meaning

noun an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)der. English -drome English aerodrome * (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by…

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