Where does “globetail” come from?
globetail (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.
globetail (English): Any of the hoverflies of the genus Sphaerophoria, having large hemispherical male terminalia
Definitions
- Any of the hoverflies of the genus Sphaerophoria, having large hemispherical male terminalia
Ancestry of “globetail”, step by step
globetail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English globe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English Tail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tail | A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon |
| 2 | Middle English | tayl | A tail; The back side or reverse of a creature; A... |
| 3 | Old English | tæġl | tail |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | taglą | hair; ponytail; hair of a tail; tail |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | doḱ- | hair of the tail |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |