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Where does “globe mallow” come from?

globe mallow (English) comes from English globe, from Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

globe mallow (English): Any of many North American plants of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of many North American plants of the genus...

Ancestry of “globe mallow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglobeAny spherical object; The planet Earth; A...
2Middle Englishglobe—
3Middle Frenchgloberoll; globe
4Old Frenchglobe—
5Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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