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Where does “atmolysis” come from?

atmolysis (English) comes from English atmo, from English atmosphere, from French atmosphère, from French -sphère, from Late Latin sphera, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

atmolysis (English): The separation of mingled gases of unequal...

Definitions

  1. The separation of mingled gases of unequal...

Ancestry of “atmolysis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishatmoThe standard atmospheric pressure used in certain...
2EnglishatmosphereThe gases surrounding the Earth or any...
3Frenchatmosphèreatmosphere
4French-sphère-sphere
5Late LatinspheraAlternative form of sphaera
6Latinsphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a...
7Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
8Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
9Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
10Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
11Proto-Indo-European-ess—
12Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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