Where does “semiglobularly” come from?
semiglobularly (English) comes from English semiglobular, from English globular, from French globulaire, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
semiglobularly (English): In a semiglobular manner
Definitions
- In a semiglobular manner
Ancestry of “semiglobularly”, step by step
semiglobularly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English semiglobular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semiglobular | globular on one side |
| 2 | English | globular | Roughly spherical in shape; Comprising globules;... |
| 3 | French | globulaire | globular |
| 4 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 5 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |