Words that come from Ancient Greek “σφαῖρα”

296 words across 31 languages descend from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα — including atmosphere, sphere, spheres, atmospheric, spear, hemisphere, Spear, Spears.

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English (159)

French (35)

Italian (30)

Irish (16)

Catalan (9)

German (8)

Latin (4)

Portuguese (4)

Middle English (3)

Spanish (3)

Manx (2)

Old French (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Mirandese (1)

Polish (1)

Galician (1)

Translingual (1)

Dutch (1)

Turkish (1)

Greek (1)

Georgian (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Middle French (1)

Danish (1)

Romanian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)