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Where does “inglobe” come from?

inglobe (English) comes from English globe, from Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

inglobe (English): To fix within, as in a globe

Definitions

  1. To fix within, as in a globe

Ancestry of “inglobe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglobeAny spherical object; The planet Earth; A...
2Middle Englishglobe—
3Middle Frenchgloberoll; globe
4Old Frenchglobe—
5Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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