'airplanist' originates from 'English', specifically the word 'airplane', where 'air' meant 'the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth' and 'plane' referred to 'a flat surface'.

'airplane' transformed into the word 'airplanist' to denote a person associated with operating airplanes.

Initially, it meant 'a person associated with airplanes', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.