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Sounds like areal, Ariel · Rhymes with -ɛəɹiəl

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der.

Latin āerius

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English aerial

From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.

Living or taking place in the air. The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
archaic, literary Made up of air or gas; gaseous. A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...].
Positioned high up; elevated. The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.
Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. aerial photography
Above the ground.

UK A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground. In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant. They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air.
A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
An aerial photograph. Hemment is on record as being the first person to film aerials of wildlife – he filmed a flock of wild ducks early in 1911, possibly on Rainey's Louisiana property.
A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring. Lanczos3 for sharp results. May produce aerials. — Krita 5.2.2