Etymology

haemoglobin

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English globin ← German Globin ← Latin globus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  2. Ancient Greekαἱμο- (haimo-)
  3. Englishhaemo-
  4. Latinglobus
  5. GermanGlobin
  6. Englishglobin
  7. English todayhaemoglobin

From haemo- + globin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.