Where does “Tuba” come from?
Tuba (English) comes from Tagalog tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.
Tuba (English): Abbreviation of bass tuba
Definitions
- Abbreviation of bass tuba
Ancestry of “Tuba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tuba | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | — |