Where does “tubulously” come from?
tubulously (English) comes from English tubulous, from English tubule, 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.
tubulously (English): In a tubulous manner
Definitions
- In a tubulous manner
Ancestry of “tubulously”, step by step
tubulously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tubulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubulous | Shaped like a tube; tubular; Constructed of, or... |
| 2 | English | tubule | A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube |
| 3 | Latin | tubulus | small pipe or tube |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |