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fir⋅ma⋅ment

  [fur-muh-muhnt]
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–noun
the vault of heaven; sky.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < LL firmāmentum sky, L: support, prop, stay, equiv. to firmā(re) to strengthen, support (see firm 2 ) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
fir⋅ma⋅men⋅tal  [fur-muh-men-tl] , adjective
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fir·ma·ment   (fûr'mə-mənt)   
n.  The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin firmāmentum, from Latin, support, from firmāre, to strengthen; see firm2.]
fir'ma·ment'al (-měn'tl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

firmament 
c.1250, from L. firmamentum "firmament," lit. "a support or strengthening," from firmus "firm" (see firm (adj.)), used in Vulgate to translate Gk. stereoma "firm or solid structure," which translated Heb. raqia, a word used of both the vault of the sky and the floor of the earth in the O.T., probably lit. "expanse," from raqa "to spread out," but in Syriac meaning "to make firm or solid," hence the erroneous translation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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