aeronaut

air traveler or balloonist

Roots

Other words with the aero / aer root

  • aerial: of the air or done in the air
  • aerobic: using oxygen from the air

Other words with the naut root

  • argonaut: adventurer or member of Jason's mythical crew
  • astronaut: space traveler
  • cosmonaut: space traveler especially in the Russian tradition
  • nautical: relating to sailors ships or sea travel
  • nautilus: a sea mollusk with a spiral shell

Aero gives air and naut gives sailor. An aeronaut is an air-sailor.

The early aeronaut rose in a balloon like a sailor leaving the ground for a different sea.

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