Where does “blawgosphere” come from?
blawgosphere (English) comes from English blogosphere, from English -sphere, from English sphere, from Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Latin sphēra, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
blawgosphere (English): The totality of blawgs (law blogs); the community of blawgers
Definitions
- The totality of blawgs (law blogs); the community of blawgers
Ancestry of “blawgosphere”, step by step
blawgosphere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blogosphere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blogosphere | The totality of blogs, especially the unique... |
| 2 | English | -sphere | n"-sphere"; Designating a spherical field or... |
| 3 | English | sphere | A regular three-dimensional object in which every... |
| 4 | Middle English | spere | A spear or lance; The Lance of Longinus; A barb... |
| 5 | Old French | sphere | sphere shape |
| 6 | Latin | sphēra | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English blawg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blawg | A weblog dealing with topics related to the law |
| 2 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 3 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |