Etymology

tumulous

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Today it means: Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. Full definition →

Latin tumulōsus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtumulōsus“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”
  2. English todaytumulous

From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”) (whence -ous), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“to swell”).

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