Etymology of the Latin word tuberculum
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-Derivations in Latin
Multituberculata,
Tritubercolata,
TuberculariaDerivations in other languages
English
tuberculum, English
tubercle, English
tuberculin, English
tuberculosis, French
tubercule, Italian
tubercolo, Portuguese
tubérculo, Spanish
tubérculoUsage
Word found in Classical Latin, Medieval Latin
