Where does “globulet” come from?

globulet (English) comes from English globule, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

globulet (English): A little globule

Definitions

  1. A little globule

Ancestry of “globulet”, step by step

globulet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English globule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglobuleA small round particle of substance; a drop
2Frenchglobuleglobule; blood cell
3LatinglobulusDiminutive of globus; globule; button
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English et

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishetand; simple past tense and past participle of eat
2Middle Englishet
3Old Englishæteating; at a certain place; at a certain time
4Proto-Turkicātname
5Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
6Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Romanian glob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianglobglobe
2Frenchglobeglobe
3Middle Frenchgloberoll; globe
4Old Frenchglobe
5Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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