Where does “tubular” come from?

tubular (English) comes from Latin tubulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tubular (English): Shaped like a tube; Relating to, or composed of...

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a tube; Relating to, or composed of...

Ancestry of “tubular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintubulussmall pipe or tube
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “tubular”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin tubulus →