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
- plural of tube; The Internet; The inner workings...
Ancestry of “tubes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tube | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;... |
| 2 | Middle French | tube | conduit; canal; pipe |
| 3 | Latin | tubus | tube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices |
| 4 | Latin | tuba | A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube |