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Where does “sfera” come from?

sfera (Italian) comes from Late Latin sphera, from Latin sphaera, 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;...

sfera (Italian): sphere, ball, globe; scope, range

Definitions

  1. sphere, ball, globe; scope, range

Ancestry of “sfera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinspheraAlternative form of sphaera
2Latinsphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “sfera”

  • sferoidale
  • ipersfera
  • stratosfera
  • geosfera
  • centrosfera
  • planisfero
  • eliosfera
  • cromosfera
  • microsfera
  • omosfera
  • eterosfera
  • criosfera
  • epigeosfera
  • idrosfera
  • aerosfera
  • magnetosfera
  • sferometro
  • batisfera
  • esosfera
  • sferoide
  • pirosfera
  • ecosfera
  • biosfera
  • nanosfera
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