tumor

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*tewh₂-“to swell”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*tumēō
3. Latin · derived fromtumor“swelling”
4. Old French · derived fromtumour
5. Middle English · inherited fromtumour
6. English todaytumor

From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.

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