Where does “globular” come from?
Globular comes from French globulaire, formed from Latin globulus with the suffix -arius, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to ball up or form into a sphere.
globular (English): Roughly spherical in shape; Comprising globules;...
Definitions
- Roughly spherical in shape; Comprising globules;...
Ancestry of “globular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | globulaire | globular |
| 2 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 3 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |