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hermetic

Meaningname of a god

Common meaning: completely sealed against air

Journey through time

  1. GreekHermēs‘name of a god’source
  2. Medieval Latinmeaning shiftsname of a god → relating to alchemyhermeticus‘relating to alchemy’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsrelating to alchemy → completely sealed against airhermetic‘completely sealed against air’ · today

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 Hermēs ‘name of a god’.

Roots

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