Hemisphere

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late Middle English (in the sense ‘half the celestial sphere, the sky’): from Old French emisphere, via Latin from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi- ‘half’ + sphaira ‘sphere’.


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From Latin hemisphaerium, from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον(hēmisphaírion), from ἡμι-(hēmi-, “half”) + σφαῖρα(sphaîra, “sphere”); hemi- +‎ sphere


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hemisphere (n.)

late 14c., hemysperie, in reference to the celestial sphere, from Late Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi- "half" (see hemi-) + sphaira "sphere" (see sphere). Spelling reformed 16c. Of the Earth, from 1550s; of the brain, 1804.