Etymology

globular

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Today it means: Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped. Full definition →

French globulaire ← Medieval Latin globulāris
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromglobulāris
  2. French · borrowed fromglobulaire
  3. English todayglobular

From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.