Where does “protuberance” come from?
Protuberance comes from French protubérance, from Latin protuberantia, combining Latin pro- with a root from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- meaning to swell.
protuberance (English): A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that...
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- A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that...
Ancestry of “protuberance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | protubérance | lump, protuberance |
| 2 | Latin | prōtubērantia | bulge, protuberance |
| 3 | Latin | protuberans | |
| 4 | Latin | protubero | I swell or bulge out |
| 5 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |