Where does “tumulō” come from?

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

tumulō (Latin): to cover with a mound; to bury; to inter; to entomb

Definitions

  1. to cover with a mound; to bury; to inter; to entomb

Ancestry of “tumulō”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tumulō”

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