Where does “globulin” come from?
Globulin derives from French globuline, from Latin globulus, a diminutive of globus meaning ball or sphere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to ball up or wind into a sphere.
globulin (English): Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in...
Definitions
- Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in...
Ancestry of “globulin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “globulin”