English
globophobia
Globophobia comes from Latin globus ‘sphere’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobus‘sphere’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003globophobia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobus‘sphere’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003globophobia
Earliest quotation: 2003, Albrecht Schnabel, Jan Aart Scholte: “Although some have dismissed such fears as “globophobia”, globalization…”
Formed from globus ‘sphere’ + -o- + -phobia
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘form into a ball’
children, child, cold, clean, cloud, chill, cluster, gel, jelly, colt, clout, gelatin, clot, gelato, clough, glebe, ganglion, klutz, clod, 47 more
through Latin globus ‘sphere’
Today it means
noun Fear or dislike of globalization.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin globus / globophobia