Where does “globe-trotting” come from?
globe-trotting (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-trotting (English): That globetrots
Ancestry of “globe-trotting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | globe | Any spherical object; The planet Earth; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | globe | — |
| 3 | Middle French | globe | roll; globe |
| 4 | Old French | globe | — |
| 5 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |