Where does “globus” come from?

globus (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

globus (Serbo-Croatian): globe

Definitions

  1. globe

Ancestry of “globus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →