Where does “tubercle” come from?
Tubercle comes from Latin tuberculum, a diminutive formation using the suffix -culus (itself from -lus) ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root tewh₂-.
tubercle (English): A round nodule, small eminence, or warty...
Definitions
- A round nodule, small eminence, or warty...
Ancestry of “tubercle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 2 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |