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Where did the word atmosphere come from?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 12/14/2022

It was first used in the English language in connection with the moon, which ironically has no atmosphere, in the 1630's. The word comes from the Latin atmosphaera, which combines the Greek atmos (vapour/steam) with spharia (sphere).

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