Where does “globe” come from?

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

globe (Middle French): roll; globe

Definitions

  1. roll; globe

Ancestry of “globe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “globe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-