aileron | Search Online Etymology Dictionary

2 entries found.

"hinged flap on the trailing edge of an airplane wing," 1909, from French aileron, diminutive of aile "wing," from Old French ele "wing" (12c.), from Latin ala "wing" (see aisle).

elevon (n.)

1945, from elevator + aileron.

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