Etymograph

English

intersphere

From inter- + sphere.

Formed from inter- + sphere

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

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

noun A sphere that is tangent to every edge of a given polyhedron.

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

Etymograph / intersphere