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
- A little globule
Ancestry of “globulet”, step by step
globulet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English globule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | globule | A small round particle of substance; a drop |
| 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 |
via English et
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | et | and; simple past tense and past participle of eat |
| 2 | Middle English | et | — |
| 3 | Old English | æt | eating; at a certain place; at a certain time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | āt | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |