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Where does “protoatmosphere” come from?

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

protoatmosphere (English): The gaseous components of a protoplanet

Definitions

  1. The gaseous components of a protoplanet

Ancestry of “protoatmosphere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishatmosphereThe gases surrounding the Earth or any...
2Frenchatmosphèreatmosphere
3French-sphère-sphere
4Late LatinspheraAlternative form of sphaera
5Latinsphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a...
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;...
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