How to spell air

Air is spelled A-I-R.

hear ita·ir/ɜr/nounSounds

What it means: The invisible gases that surround Earth and that we breathe.

In a sentence: The kite flew high in the air.

Same family: airing, aired, airless, airflow, freshen. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “air” comes from Old French “air” and Latin “aer,” originally from Ancient Greek “aēr,” meaning ‘mist’ or ‘atmosphere.’ The verb sense ‘to expose to fresh air’ developed later from the idea of letting the atmosphere circulate around something.

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