Where does “tif” come from?

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

tif (Hausa): inner tube

Definitions

  1. inner tube

Ancestry of “tif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtubepipe; tube; a hit
2Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
3LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from French tube →
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