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Where does “endosphere” come from?

endosphere (English) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

endosphere (English): All the endophytes of a plant

Definitions

  1. All the endophytes of a plant

Ancestry of “endosphere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-spheren"-sphere"; Designating a spherical field or...
2EnglishsphereA regular three-dimensional object in which every...
3Middle EnglishspereA spear or lance; The Lance of Longinus; A barb...
4Old Frenchspheresphere
5Latinsphēra—
6Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
7Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
8Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
10Proto-Indo-European-ess—
11Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “endosphere”

  • endospheric
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