An airplane moved by → jet propulsion.
Etymology (EN): → jet; plane, short for airplane, from
Fr. aeroplane, from aero-, → air, + plane
feminine of plan “flat, level,” from L. planus, perhaps by association
with forme plane; apparently coined and first used
by Fr. sculptor and inventor Joseph Pline in 1855.
Etymology (PE): → jet;
havâpeymâ “airplane,” from havâ, → air, + peymâ
“travelling; traveller,” from peymudan, peymâyidan “to travel, traverse, pass over,”
from Mid.Pers. patmudan, paymudan “to measure (against),”
from *pati-māya-.
The first element *pati- “against, back” (cf. Mod.Pers. pâd-
“against, contrary to;” Mid.Pers. pât-; O.Pers. paity “agaist, back,
opposite to, toward, face to face, in front of;” Av. paiti;
Skt. práti “toward, against, again, back, in return,
opposite;” Pali pati-; Gk. proti, pros “face to face with,
toward, in addition to, near;” PIE *proti). The second element
from *mā- “to measure;” O.Pers./Av. mā(y)- “to measure;”
cf. Skt. mati “measures,” matra- “measure;” Gk. metron
“measure;” L. metrum; PIE base *me- “to measure.” Apart from
peymâ, several other terms
in Mod.Pers. are related to this second element, which occurs also as
mun, mân, man, mâ, mu, and mây:
pirâmun “perimeter,” âzmun, âzmây- “test, trial,”
peymân “measuring, agreement,” peymâné
“a measure; a cup, bowl,” man “a measure weighing forty seers),”
nemudan, nemâ- “to show, display,”
âmâdan, âmây- “to prepare.”
