Etymology

tuberosity

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Today it means: The condition of being tuberous Full definition →

English tuber ← Middle French tube ← Latin tubus
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The story

  1. Latintuba
  2. Latintubus
  3. Middle Frenchtube
  4. Englishtube
  5. Englishtuber
  6. English todaytuberosity

From tuber + -osity.

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