Where does “tube” come from?

Tube comes from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba, a straight brass instrument.

tube (English): Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...

Definitions

  1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...

Ancestry of “tube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
2Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
3LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

Words derived from “tube”

Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from Middle French tube →