Etymology

sphaeraphis

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Today it means: A spherical aggregation of raphides in a plant cell Full definition →

Latin sphaera ← Ancient Greek ῥαφίς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥαφίς
  2. Latin · derived fromsphaera
  3. English todaysphaeraphis

Derived from Latin sphaera + Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís).

Words from the same roots

Latinsphaera all →

sphere

Ancient Greekῥαφίς all →

raphideraphigraph

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.