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Where does “atmo-” come from?

atmo- (French) comes from Ancient Greek ἀτμός, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

atmo- (French): Pertaining to air; Category French words prefixed...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to air; Category French words prefixed...

Ancestry of “atmo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀτμόςvapour, steam, smoke
2Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
3Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “atmo-”

  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric
  • sphericity
  • aspheric
  • atmospherics
  • atmospherical
  • spheric
  • atmo
  • atmospherically
  • subatmospheric
  • asphericity
  • atmosphereless
  • exoatmospheric
  • sferics
  • atmosphered
  • nonsphericity
  • subatmosphere
  • nonatmospheric
  • semispheric
  • endoatmospheric
  • preatmospheric
  • palaeoatmosphere
  • unatmospheric
  • protoatmosphere
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