English
globosity
Globosity comes from Latin globositas.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobositas
- Englishearliest quotation 1691globosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobositas
- Englishearliest quotation 1691globosity
Earliest quotation: 1691, John Ray, London: […] Samuel Smith: “the globosity of the earth”.
The story
Latin globositas: compare French globosité.
Every English word from Latin globositas
Today it means
noun A spherical or globose shape.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin globositas / globosity