Etymology

etheric

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium); composed of ether; inhabiting the ether. Full definition →

English ether ← Latin aethēr ← Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  3. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  5. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  6. Latinaethēr
  7. Englishether
  8. English todayetheric

From ether + -ic.

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