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Not "plane"=sheet, but "plane" from the Greek "planos"=wandering. (Same root as planet=wandering star). An aeroplane is a wanderer through the air.
by picturesal 9y ago
Not "plane"=sheet, but "plane" from the Greek "planos"=wandering. (Same root as planet=wandering star).
An aeroplane is a wanderer through the air.
- tullianus 9y agoEtymonline disagrees; -plane here is from French planer "to soar," ultimately from Latin planus, "flat." http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=aeroplane http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=aeroplane