Where does “ionosphere” come from?
Ionosphere derives from English ion and English -sphere, with ion from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι (to go up) via ἀνά (up) and Proto-Indo-European h₂en-.
ionosphere (English): The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at...
Definitions
- The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at...
Ancestry of “ionosphere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sphere | A regular three-dimensional object in which every... |
| 2 | Middle English | spere | A spear or lance; The Lance of Longinus; A barb... |
| 3 | Old French | sphere | sphere |
| 4 | Latin | sphēra | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -s | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “ionosphere”