Etymology

-tuber

-tu·ber

Today it means: Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word. Full definition →

English YouTuberbf. ← Middle French tube ← Latin tubus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*yúHs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*uswé
  3. Proto-Indo-European*uswís
  4. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  6. Old Englishēow
  7. Middle Englishyow
  8. Englishyou
  9. Latintuba
  10. Latintubus
  11. Middle Frenchtube
  12. Englishtube
  13. EnglishYouTube
  14. EnglishYouTuberbf.
  15. English today-Tuber

Back-formation from YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.