Where does “microtubing” come from?
microtubing (English) comes from English tubing, from English tube, from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.
microtubing (English): Very fine plastic tubing used in drip irrigation,...
Definitions
- Very fine plastic tubing used in drip irrigation,...
Ancestry of “microtubing”, step by step
microtubing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tubing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubing | tubes, considered as a group; a length of tube,... |
| 2 | English | tube | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;... |
| 3 | Middle French | tube | conduit; canal; pipe |
| 4 | Latin | tubus | tube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices |
| 5 | Latin | tuba | A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube |