Etymology

tuberous

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Today it means: Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English tuber ← Middle French tube
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The story

  1. Latintuba
  2. Latintubus
  3. Middle Frenchtube
  4. Englishtube
  5. Englishtuber
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. English todaytuberous

From tuber + -ous.

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