Where does “tuubu” come from?

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

tuubu (Yoruba): prison, jail

Definitions

  1. prison, jail

Ancestry of “tuubu”, 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
Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from Middle French tube →