Where does “trituberculate” come from?
trituberculate (English) comes from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
trituberculate (English): tritubercular
Definitions
- tritubercular
Ancestry of “trituberculate”, step by step
trituberculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tuberculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 2 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 3 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 4 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |