Where does “tubing” come from?
Tubing comes from English tube plus the suffix -ing, with tube deriving from Middle French tube, Latin tubus, and ultimately Latin tuba.
tubing (English): tubes, considered as a group; a length of tube,...
Definitions
- tubes, considered as a group; a length of tube,...
Ancestry of “tubing”, 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 |
Words derived from “tubing”