Where does “tubes” come from?

Tubes comes from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, which is related to Latin tuba, both referring to hollow cylindrical objects used for conveying or sounding.

tubes (English): plural of tube; The Internet; The inner workings...

Definitions

  1. plural of tube; The Internet; The inner workings...

Ancestry of “tubes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
2Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
3Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
4LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from Middle French tube →