Etymology

-sphere

Today it means: Sphere of a certain dimensionality. Full definition →

English sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  2. Latinsphaera
  3. Late Latinsphēra
  4. Old Frenchsphere
  5. Middle Englishspere
  6. Englishsphere
  7. English today-sphere

From sphere.

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