Where does “tumuli” come from?
tumuli (Italian) comes from Italian tumulare, 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.
tumuli (Italian): second-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “tumuli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tumulare | to bury or inter |
| 2 | Italian | tumulo | mound; tumulus, barrow; tomb, grave |
| 3 | Latin | tumulus | A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock; A... |
| 4 | Latin | tumeō | to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tūm- | to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |