Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “tum-”
254 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tum- — including tumor, tomb, thumb, tumour, tombstone, thumbnail, thimble, antitumor.
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English (118)
- tumor
- tomb
- thumb
- tumour
- tombstone
- thumbnail
- thimble
- antitumor
- contumely
- tumorigenesis
- tumulus
- thumbprint
- tumescent
- thimbleful
- intratumoral
- tumid
- tumescence
- tumoral
- tumorigenic
- contumelious
- pseudotumor
- thumbscrew
- tumorigenicity
- peritumoral
- detumescence
- tumorous
- thumbtack
- tomblike
- contumeliously
- antitumoral
- tombolo
- intumescent
- thumbstick
- tumorlike
- thumbsucking
- thimbleberry
- nontumor
- thumbprinting
- intratumor
- thumbwheel
- intratumorally
- nontumorous
- tumidity
- thumbless
- pseudotumour
- tombless
- nontumorigenic
- thumbmark
- tombstoning
- thimblerig
- thimbled
- thumbpiece
- antitumorigenic
- detumescent
- thumbhole
- tumorogenesis
- nontumoral
- peritumor
- thimblerigger
- tumb
- thimblerigging
- thumbstall
- thumber
- tumorectomy
- thumbkin
- protumorigenic
- pseudotumoral
- thumbprinted
- intumesce
- tumorogenic
- thumby
- tumular
- tumefy
- tumored
- thumblike
- tearthumb
- thumbsucker
- peritumorally
- tumoritropic
- extratumoral
- protumor
- tumidly
- untomb
- thumbling
- thumbpad
- tombal
- thimbleweed
- pretumor
- intertumoral
- thumbnut
- tumulous
- microtumor
- posttumor
- nontumescent
- tumoured
- contumeliousness
- tumorless
- tumescently
- bethumb
- thumbshot
- thumbstroke
- tombstoner
- tumourless
- thumb-sketch
- hepatotumorigenesis
- tumorsphere
- thimbleeye
- thumbable
- nonintumescent
- protumoral
- tumorosphere
- tumidness
- tumoroid
- tombic
- thumbnailer
- tumorigenically
- hypertumor
- thumbs