Conglobation
/ˌkɒŋ.ɡləʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/noun
The act of forming into a globe or ball; a rounded mass or cluster.
Did you know?Conglobation comes from Latin roots used for making something round, and the same ancient PIE root behind “globe” also lives in words like “glamour” and “lump,” where shape and perception get mysteriously entangled.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷelbʰ-
“to swell, roll into a lump or ball”
Latin
Latin
globus
“a ball, sphere, or rounded mass”
Latin
Latin
conglobāre
“to gather or mass together into a globe or ball”
Late Latin
Late Latin
conglobātiō
“a gathering into a ball; a rounded mass”
Middle English
English
conglobacioun
“the act of forming into a globe or rounded mass”
Modern English
English
conglobation
“the act of forming into a globe or ball; a spherical cluster”