late 14c., "pertaining to position," from O.Fr. local, from L.L. localis "pertaining to a place," from L. locus "place" (see locus). The meaning "limited to a particular place" is from 1610s. The noun meaning "a local train" is from 1879; "local branch of a trade union" is from 1888; "neighborhood pub" is from 1934. Related: Locally. Local color is from 1721, originally a term in painting; meaning "anything picturesque" is from c.1900.
1550s, "sphere," from L. globus "round mass, sphere," related to gleba "clod, soil, land." Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1550s.
이 어원에 따른다면 로컬은 장소성을 글로벌은 공간성을, 로컬은 수직성을 글로벌은 수평성을, 로컬은 특수성을 글로벌은 보편성을, 로컬은 일차원성을 글로벌은 삼차원성을 지시한다. 특정성 대 보편성, 지역성 대 범역성, 지역적 대 지구적.