English
conglobe
Conglobe comes from Latin conglobō ‘to gather into a ball’, from globus ‘round object, globe, sphere’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to form into a ball’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-1‘to form into a ball’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobus1‘round object, globe, sphere’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconglobō1‘to gather into a ball’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconglobāre1present active infinitive of conglobō
- Frenchc. 1600–presentconglober1
- Englishearliest quotation 1667conglobe1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English conglobe
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1667, Alexander Pope, Book IV: “Not closer, orb in orb, conglob’d are seen /…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-Wiktionary, English conglobe‘to form into a ball’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglobusWiktionary, English conglobe‘round object, globe, sphere’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconglobōWiktionary, English conglobe‘to gather into a ball’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconglobāreWiktionary, English conglobepresent active infinitive of conglobō
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcongloberWiktionary, English conglobe
- Englishearliest quotation 1667conglobeWiktionary, English conglobe. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1667, Alexander Pope, Book IV: “Not closer, orb in orb, conglob’d are seen /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to form into a ball’
children, child, clean, cold, cloud, chill, cluster, gel, jelly, colt, clout, gelatin, clot, gelato, clough, glebe, klutz, clod, ganglion, 48 more
through Latin globus ‘round object, globe, sphere’
Today it means
verb To collect (something) into a round mass; to conglobate.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “conglobe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / conglobe