Where does “tub” come from?

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

tub (Swedish): a tube (container)

Definitions

  1. a tube (container)

Ancestry of “tub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
2Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
3Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
4LatintubaA 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 Middle French tube →