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Where does “globe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “globe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “globe”

  • global
  • globe
  • globally
  • globalism
  • globalist
  • globality
  • globalize
  • globoid
  • superglobal
  • globetrotter
  • englobe
  • globiferous
  • transglobal
  • antiglobalist
  • nonglobal
  • globalizer
  • antiglobalism
  • semiglobal
  • circumglobal
  • conglobation
  • globeflower
  • globelike
  • globefish
  • hyperglobalism
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