Are Ethereal and Aetherial the Same?

As adjectives the difference between aetherial and ethereal
is that aetherial is (ethereal) while ethereal is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Is it ethereal or aethereal?

Ethereal. Alternative spelling of ethereal. The definition of aethereal is something that is fragile, or something that is light and airy, or something that is from heaven.

Where did the word ethereal originate?

Ether was often described as an invisible light or fire, and its name derives from the Greek aithein, a verb meaning "to ignite" or "to blaze." When ethereal, the adjectival kin of ether, debuted in English in the 1500s, it referred to regions beyond the Earth or anything that seemed to originate from there.

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