Etymology

globule

glob·ule
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Today it means: A small round particle of substance; a drop. Full definition →

French globule ← Latin globulu
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The story

  1. Latinglobus
  2. Latinglobulu
  3. Frenchglobule
  4. English todayglobule

From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).

Words from the same roots

Latinglobulus all →

globulus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.