Where does “globularness” come from?
globularness (English) comes from English globular, from French globulaire, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
globularness (English): The quality of being globular
Definitions
- The quality of being globular
Ancestry of “globularness”, step by step
globularness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English globular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | globular | Roughly spherical in shape; Comprising globules;... |
| 2 | French | globulaire | globular |
| 3 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 4 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |