Where does “tuberculin” come from?
Tuberculin is an English word derived from tuberculum, the Latin term for a small swelling or nodule, with the suffix -in added to denote a substance.
tuberculin (English): An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Definitions
- An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Ancestry of “tuberculin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tuberculosis | An infectious disease of humans and animals... |
| 2 | New Latin | tuberculosis | dative masculine plural of tūberculōsus; dative... |
| 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 |