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Where does “paleomagnetosphere” come from?

paleomagnetosphere (English) comes from English magnetosphere, 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 — Derives nouns from roots.

paleomagnetosphere (English): The magnetosphere, as it was in prehistoric times

Definitions

  1. The magnetosphere, as it was in prehistoric times

Ancestry of “paleomagnetosphere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmagnetosphereThe comet-shaped region around Earth or another...
2English-spheren"-sphere"; Designating a spherical field or...
3EnglishsphereA regular three-dimensional object in which every...
4Middle EnglishspereA spear or lance; The Lance of Longinus; A barb...
5Old Frenchspheresphere
6Latinsphēra—
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-sDerives nouns from roots
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