Where does “globule” come from?
Globule comes from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin globus meaning "sphere," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel- "to ball up."
globule (English): A small round particle of substance; a drop
Definitions
- A small round particle of substance; a drop
Ancestry of “globule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 2 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “globule”
- immunoglobulin
- globulin
- thyroglobulin
- lactoglobulin
- microglobulin
- cryoglobulinemia
- antiglobulin
- macroglobulinemia
- macroglobulin
- antithyroglobulin
- cryoglobulin
- hyperglobulinemia
- thromboglobulin
- paraglobulin
- hyperimmunoglobulinemia
- hyperimmunoglobulin
- ovomacroglobulin
- conglobulate
- myoglobulin
- dysglobulinemia
- globuliferous
- microglobulinuria
- betathromboglobulin
- globulet