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Where does “туберкуло́за” come from?

туберкуло́за (Serbo-Croatian) comes from New Latin tuberculosis, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Ancestry of “туберкуло́за”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintuberculosisdative masculine plural of tūberculōsus; dative...
2Latintūberculum—
3Latintūber—
4Proto-Italictūβos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “туберкуло́за”

  • туберкулозан
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →