Where does “globose” come from?
globose (Italian) comes from Italian globoso, from Latin globosus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
globose (Italian): feminine plural of globoso
Definitions
- feminine plural of globoso
Ancestry of “globose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | globoso | globular, globose |
| 2 | Latin | globosus | spherical, globular |
| 3 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |