Where does “globe” come from?
Globe comes from Old French globe, from Latin globus meaning a round mass or sphere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to ball up or wind into a sphere.
globe (English): Any spherical object; The planet Earth; A...
Definitions
- Any spherical object; The planet Earth; A...
Ancestry of “globe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | globe | — |
| 2 | Middle French | globe | roll; globe |
| 3 | Old French | globe | — |
| 4 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “globe”