Where does “tombolo” come from?
tombolo (English) comes from Italian tombolo, from Latin tumulus, from Latin tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European tūm-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
tombolo (English): A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland...
Definitions
- A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland...
Ancestry of “tombolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tombolo | lace pillow or cushion; a podgy person;... |
| 2 | Latin | tumulus | A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock; A... |
| 3 | Latin | tumeō | to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tūm- | to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |