Where does “global” come from?

global (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål globus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

global (Norwegian Bokmål): global

Definitions

  1. global

Ancestry of “global”, step by step

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

Words derived from “global”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål globus →