Where does “global” come from?

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

global (French): global, spherical; concerning the whole world;...

Definitions

  1. global, spherical; concerning the whole world;...

Ancestry of “global”, step by step

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

Words derived from “global

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-