Where does “global” come from?

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

global (Romanian): global

Definitions

  1. global

Ancestry of “global”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchglobalglobal, spherical; concerning the whole world;...
2Frenchglobeglobe
3Middle Frenchgloberoll; globe
4Old Frenchglobe
5Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “global

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-