Where does “tumulare” come from?

tumulare (Italian) comes from Italian tumulo, from Latin tumulus, from Latin tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European tūm-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tumulare (Italian): to bury or inter

Definitions

  1. to bury or inter

Ancestry of “tumulare”, step by step

tumulare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian tumulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantumulomound; tumulus, barrow; tomb, grave
2LatintumulusA heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock; A...
3Latintumeōto be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Latin tumulō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintumulōto cover with a mound; to bury; to inter; to entomb

Words derived from “tumulare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūm-Every word from Latin tumeō
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