Where does “spheres” come from?
Spheres comes from Middle English spere, from Old English spere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, ultimately from Ancient Greek σπαίρω meaning to swell or bulge.
spheres (English): plural of sphere; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of sphere; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “spheres”, 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 | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “spheres”