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Where does “tuberculose” come from?

tuberculose (Latin) comes from Latin tuberculosus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tuberculose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of tūberculōsus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of tūberculōsus

Ancestry of “tuberculose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintuberculosusFull of swellings, bumps, etc
2Latintūberculum—
3Latintūber—
4Proto-Italictūβos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →