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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

  1. Very fine plastic tubing used in drip irrigation,...

Ancestry of “microtubing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtubingtubes, considered as a group; a length of tube,...
2EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
3Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
4Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
5LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
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