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
Ancestry of “globe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | globe | — |
| 2 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “globe”