English
spheroid
From sphere + -oid.
A compound of sphere + -oid
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
adj Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spheroid