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Where does “esfera” come from?

esfera (Catalan) comes from Late Latin sphera, from Latin sphaera, 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;...

esfera (Catalan): sphere

Definitions

  1. sphere

Ancestry of “esfera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinspheraAlternative form of sphaera
2Latinsphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “esfera”

  • exosfera
  • -sfera
  • estratosfera
  • magnetosfera
  • mesosfera
  • ionosfera
  • termosfera
  • troposfera
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