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empyrean

Today it means: The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy. Full definition →

Latin empȳreus ← Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος

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Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμπύριος
Latin · derived fromempȳreus
English todayempyrean

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

Words from the same roots

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Ancient Greekἐμπύριος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.