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Where does “ἡμισφαίριον” come from?

ἡμισφαίριον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

ἡμισφαίριον (Ancient Greek): hemisphere

Definitions

  1. hemisphere

Ancestry of “ἡμισφαίριον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
2Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
3Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
5Proto-Indo-European-ess—
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “ἡμισφαίριον”

  • hemisphere
  • hemispheric
  • interhemispheric
  • hemispherectomy
  • intrahemispheric
  • bihemispheric
  • unihemispheric
  • transhemispheric
  • hemisphered
  • nonhemispheric
  • bihemispherically
  • bihemisphered
  • microhemisphere
  • hemisphaerium
  • hemisférico
  • hemisferio
  • emisfero
  • emisphere
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