Etymology of the English word tuberculosis
the English word
tuberculosisderived 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
*teuə-Date
The earliest known usage of tuberculosis in English dates from the 19th century.
Cognates
Dutch
tuberculose, French
tuberculose, French
tubéreuse, German
Tuberkulose, German
Tuberculose, Italian
tuberculosi, Lithuanian
tuberkulioze, Norwegian
tuberkulose, Russian
тyбepкyлëз, Swedish
tuberkulosUsage
Word found in Modern English
