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Where does “estratosfera” come from?

estratosfera (Catalan) comes from Catalan -sfera, from Catalan esfera, from Late Latin sphera, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

estratosfera (Catalan): stratosphere

Definitions

  1. stratosphere

Ancestry of “estratosfera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-sfera-sphere
2Catalanesferasphere
3Late LatinspheraAlternative form of sphaera
4Latinsphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a...
5Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
6Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
7Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
9Proto-Indo-European-ess—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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