Where does “innertube” come from?
innertube (English) comes from English tube, from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.
innertube (English): In a pneumatic tire, the rubber liner that holds...
Definitions
- In a pneumatic tire, the rubber liner that holds...
Ancestry of “innertube”, step by step
innertube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tube | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;... |
| 2 | Middle French | tube | conduit; canal; pipe |
| 3 | Latin | tubus | tube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices |
| 4 | Latin | tuba | A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube |
via English inner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | inner | Being or occurring inside, situated farther in,... |
| 2 | Middle English | inner | — |
| 3 | Old English | innera | inner, interior |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |