Globe
/ɡloʊb/noun
A round body or object; especially the Earth.
Did you know?Globe comes through Latin globus, and its ancient Indo-European root is also behind words tied to lumps, swelling, and rounded masses — a reminder that the “world” was once imagined as a shaped piece of matter, not a cosmic abstraction.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰlebʰ-
“To swell, form a lump or rounded mass”
Latin
Latin
globus
“A round body, sphere, or cluster”
Late Latin
Latin
globus terrae
“The sphere of the Earth”
Old French
Old French
globe
“A sphere or round body”
Middle English
English
globe
“A spherical object; the Earth as a sphere”
Modern English
English
globe
“A sphere, especially the planet Earth”