Relating to or resembling wings, or having wings or wing-like structures.
From Latin 'ala' meaning wing, plus the adjective suffix '-ary'. The root traces back to Indo-European *ala- and appears in many wing-related terms across Romance languages.
The word 'alary' connects to surprising places: bird wings, fish fins, and even architectural flying buttresses are all called 'alary' structures because they extend outward like wings. It's the same Latin root that gives us 'aileron,' the wing flaps that help airplanes turn!
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