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Where does “globose” come from?

globose (Latin) comes from Latin globosus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

globose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of globōsus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of globōsus

Ancestry of “globose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglobosusspherical, globular
2Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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