Etymology of the Latin word tuber
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-Derivations in Latin
tuberculum,
tuberosus,
Tuber,
tuberifera,
tuferaDerivations in other languages
English
tuberosity, English
tuber, French
tubérisation, Italian
tuberiano, Portuguese
túbera, Provençal
trufaUsage
Word found in Classical Latin
