Where does “global” come from?

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

global (Norwegian Nynorsk): global

Definitions

  1. global

Ancestry of “global”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskglobusa 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 Nynorsk globus →
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