Aloft
/əˈlɒft/noun
Up in or into the air; overhead.
Did you know?Aloft comes from Old Norse through Middle English, and its root is tied to the same Germanic word family as modern “loft,” originally meaning an upper room or the air above.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*luftuz
“air, sky”
Old Norse
ON
lopt
“air, sky; upper room, loft”
Old English
OE
on lopt
“up in the air; aloft”
Middle English
ME
aloft
“up in the air, overhead”
Modern English
English
aloft
“up in or into the air; overhead”