Where does “aertubo” come from?
aertubo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tubo, from English tube, from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.
aertubo (Esperanto): inner tube
Ancestry of “aertubo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | tubo | tube |
| 2 | English | tube | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;... |
| 3 | Middle French | tube | conduit; canal; pipe |
| 4 | Latin | tubus | tube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices |
| 5 | Latin | tuba | A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube |