Where does “tubicolous” come from?
tubicolous (English) comes from English -colous, from Latin -cola, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
tubicolous (English): Inhabiting a tube
Ancestry of “tubicolous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | -colous | Having a specified habitat |
| 2 | Latin | -cola | inhabitor; tiller, cultivator; worshipper,... |
| 3 | Latin | colō | — |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |