The story
- Latin · derived fromtumulus“mound”
- Italian · derived fromtombolo“pillow”
- English todaytombolo
From Italian tombolo (“pillow”), from Latin tumulus (“mound”), from tumeō (“to swell”). Doublet of tumulus.
Words from the same roots
Latintumulus all →
tumulustumular
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.