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Where does “tubo” come from?

tubo (Galician) comes from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

tubo (Galician): tube, pipe; tube

Definitions

  1. tube, pipe; tube

Ancestry of “tubo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
2LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
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