English
spherize
From sphere + -ize.
Formed from sphere + -ize
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 cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spherize