Where does “tumeō” come from?

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

tumeō (Latin): to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell

Definitions

  1. to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell

Ancestry of “tumeō”, step by step

tumeō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tūm-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Proto-Indo-European tum-éh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantum-éh₁-to be swelling
2Proto-Indo-Europeantum-to swell; to become big or strong; mound

Words derived from “tumeō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūm- →