Where does “tuberkulosis” come from?

tuberkulosis (Cebuano) comes from English tuberculosis, from New Latin tuberculosis, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tuberkulosis (Cebuano): tuberculosis

Definitions

  1. tuberculosis

Ancestry of “tuberkulosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtuberculosisAn infectious disease of humans and animals...
2New Latintuberculosisdative masculine plural of tūberculōsus; dative...
3Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
4Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
5Proto-Italictūβos
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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