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Where does “tuba” come from?

tuba (Swedish) comes from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

Ancestry of “tuba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

Words derived from “tuba”

  • tubaist
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