Where does “spherical” come from?
Spherical comes from Latin sphericus, derived from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός, an adjective meaning relating to a sphere or spherical in shape.
spherical (English): Shaped like a sphere; Of, or pertaining to,...
Definitions
- Shaped like a sphere; Of, or pertaining to,...
Ancestry of “spherical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spheric | Spherical; Of or relating to the heavenly orbs,... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “spherical”
- hemispherical
- spherically
- aspherical
- nonspherical
- semispherical
- hemispherically
- hyperspherical
- subspherical
- pseudospherical
- microspherical
- sphericality
- quasispherical
- interhemispherical
- monospherical
- sphericalness
- perispherical
- conicospherical
- ultraspherical
- spherical
- biospherical
- bispherical
- conospherical
- demispherical
- extraspherical