Etymology of the English word tubercle
the English word
tuberclederived from the Latin word
tuberculum (a small hump; small swelling, bump, protuberance)
derived from the Classical Latin word
tuber (round smooth swelling; apple; fruit from a kind of apple-tree; exotic fruit; the bush; tumor, protuberance, bump)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*teuÉ™-Date
The earliest known usage of tubercle in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
