Where does “túmulo” come from?
túmulo (Galician) comes from Latin tumulus, from Latin tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European tūm-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
túmulo (Galician): tomb; burial mound
Ancestry of “túmulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tumulus | A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock; A... |
| 2 | Latin | tumeō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tūm- | to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |