" aloft "

[Adverb]  | "aloft" | \ ə-ˈlȯft \

1: at or to a great height

2: in the air; especially : in flight (as in an airplane)

3: at, on, or to the masthead or the higher rigging

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, from Old Norse ā lopt, from on, in + lopt air , {mat|loft|};

[Preposition]  | "aloft" 

1: on top of : above

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English alofte, derivative of alofte {see: |aloft:1|aloft:1};

[Adverb]  | "aloft"