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firmament

Meaningthe firm (sky)

Common meaning: the sky seen as a vault

Journey through time

  1. Latinfirmus‘firm, steady’
  2. Frenchfirmament
  3. Middle Englishfirmamentsource
  4. Englishfirmament‘the sky seen as a vault’ · today

firm also in: firmaffirminfirmconfirm

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 Latin firmus ‘firm, steady’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry firmus, p. 753 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • firmus Latin “firm, steady”

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