Where does “Teletubby” come from?

Teletubby (English) comes from English tubby, from English tub, from Middle English tubbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe.

Teletubby (English): Any of the four colour-coded tubby creatures that...

Definitions

  1. Any of the four colour-coded tubby creatures that...

Ancestry of “Teletubby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtubbystout, rotund; Resembling a tub; sounding dull...
2EnglishtubA flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or...
3Middle Englishtubbetub
4Middle Dutchtubbe—

Words derived from “Teletubby”

Every word from Middle Dutch tubbe →Every word from Middle English tubbe →Every word from English tub →
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