Etymograph

English

tubus

Tubus comes from Latin tubus ‘tube, pipe’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtubus1‘tube, pipe’
  2. Englishtodaytubus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tubus

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtubusWiktionary, English tubus‘tube, pipe’
  2. EnglishtodaytubusWiktionary, English tubus

Linked words

through Latin tubus ‘tube, pipe’

tube, tubular, tubule

Today it means

noun A tube.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tubus”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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