Etymology

tubal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English tube ← Middle French tube
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The story

  1. Latintuba
  2. Latintubus
  3. Middle Frenchtube
  4. Englishtube
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. English todaytubal

From tube + -al.

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