Etymology

atmospheric

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Today it means: Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere. Full definition →

English atmospher(e) ← French atmosphère ← Late Latin sphēra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekἀτμός (atmós)
  2. Frenchatmo-
  3. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  4. Latinsphaera
  5. Late Latinsphēra
  6. Frenchatmosphère
  7. Englishatmospher(e)
  8. English todayatmospheric

From atmospher(e) + -ic.

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