The story
- Latin · derived fromglobus“ball, sphere”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἷμα“blood”
- English todayhemoglobin
Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαἷμα all →
hemolysishaemophiliabloodflowercarbohæmiacarbonæmiahaemalhaematidhaemato-haemonyhematic
Latinglobus all →
globeglobusglobinglobus hystericus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.