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

globe mallow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English globe

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

via English mallow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmallowAny of a group of flowering plants in several...
2Middle Englishmalwemallow plant of the family
3Old Englishmealwemallow
4Latinmalvamallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →Every word from Old French globe →