bathysphere
Meaninga deep ball
Common meaning: a deep-sea diving sphere
- bathdeep; depthLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 270 (approximate) · scan
- sphereround body, ballLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1510 (approximate) · scan
‘deep’ + ‘round body, ball’ → bathysphere
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- bath — Greek βαθύς; βάθος “deep; depth” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- sphere — Greek σφαῖρα “round body, ball” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek βαθύς; βάθος ‘deep; depth’ + Greek σφαῖρα ‘round body, ball’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry σφαῖρα, p. 1510 · dictionary scan
Roots
- βαθύς; βάθος Greek “deep; depth”
- σφαῖρα Greek “round body, ball”
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