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History: Greek Latin Plane Synecdoche Commonwealth / Ɛərəpleɪn

The word airplane derives from the French term "aéroplane", which comes from the Greek words for "air" and either Latin or Greek words meaning "level" or "wandering". Originally, "aéroplane" referred only to the wing of an aircraft, but it came to refer to the entire aircraft through synecdoche. In the United States and Canada, the term "airplane" is used for powered fixed-wing aircraft, while in the UK and Commonwealth countries the word is usually "aeroplane".

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History: Greek Latin Plane Synecdoche Commonwealth / Ɛərəpleɪn

The word airplane derives from the French term "aéroplane", which comes from the Greek words for "air" and either Latin or Greek words meaning "level" or "wandering". Originally, "aéroplane" referred only to the wing of an aircraft, but it came to refer to the entire aircraft through synecdoche. In the United States and Canada, the term "airplane" is used for powered fixed-wing aircraft, while in the UK and Commonwealth countries the word is usually "aeroplane".

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First attested in English in the late 19th century (prior to the first sustained powered flight), the

word airplane, like aeroplane, derives from the French aéroplane, which comes from the Greek ἀήρ
(aēr), "air"[6] and either Latin planus, "level",[7] or Greek πλάνος (planos), "wandering".[8][9] "Aéroplane"
originally referred just to the wing, as it is a plane moving through the air.[10] In an example
of synecdoche, the word for the wing came to refer to the entire aircraft.
In the United States and Canada, the term "airplane" is used for powered fixed-wing aircraft. In the
United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the term "aeroplane" (/ˈɛərəpleɪn/[10]) is usually
applied to these aircraft.

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