Where does “teletubby” come from?

teletubby (English) comes from English tubby, from English tub, from Middle English tubbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe.

teletubby (English): Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies

Definitions

  1. Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies

Ancestry of “teletubby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtubbystout, rotund; Resembling a tub; sounding dull...
2EnglishtubA flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or...
3Middle Englishtubbetub
4Middle Dutchtubbe—

Words derived from “teletubby”

Every word from Middle Dutch tubbe →Every word from Middle English tubbe →Every word from English tub →