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Where does “tuberculous” come from?

Tuberculous comes from Latin -osus, a suffix forming adjectives meaning "full of" or "characterized by," ultimately deriving from Proto-Italic -owonssos.

tuberculous (English): Tubercular; having or relating to tuberculosis

Definitions

  1. Tubercular; having or relating to tuberculosis

Ancestry of “tuberculous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintūberculum—
2Latintūber—
3Proto-Italictūβos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tuberculous”

  • antituberculous
  • nontuberculous
  • paratuberculous
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