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Where does “spheric” come from?

spheric (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

spheric (English): Spherical; Of or relating to the heavenly orbs,...

Definitions

  1. Spherical; Of or relating to the heavenly orbs,...

Ancestry of “spheric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “spheric”

  • sphericity
  • aspheric
  • asphericity
  • nonsphericity
  • semispheric
  • mycospheric
  • helispheric
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