Where does “tub” come from?

tub (Romanian) comes from French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

tub (Romanian): tube

Definitions

  1. tube

Ancestry of “tub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtubepipe; tube; a hit
2Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
3LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

Words derived from “tub”

Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from French tube →