Where does “microtubercle” come from?
microtubercle (English) comes from English tubercle, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
microtubercle (English): A very small tubercle
Definitions
- A very small tubercle
Ancestry of “microtubercle”, step by step
microtubercle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tubercle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubercle | A round nodule, small eminence, or warty... |
| 2 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 3 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |