aeroplane

Etymology

From French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false

noun

1. (aviation, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Canada) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (aeronautics, archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

verb

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
   The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff. 1919, The American Angler, volume 4, page 221