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Where does “tubu” come from?

tubu (Asturian) comes from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

tubu (Asturian): tube

Definitions

  1. tube

Ancestry of “tubu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
2LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
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