Etymograph

English

ensphere

From en- + sphere.

Formed from en- + sphere

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick, rebound, move convulsively’

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Latin sphaera ‘ball, globe, celestial sphere’

Late Latin sphēra

Old French sphere ‘sphere (shape)’

Middle English spere ‘the cosmos, outer space’

English sphere

Today it means

verb To place in a sphere; to surround in all directions (as if) by a sphere (one of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ensphere