tuba.
poison
Meaning & usage
poison
a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay tuba, from Classical Malay توبا (tuba), from Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), from Proto-Malayic *tuba(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).
tube
tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch tuba, from German Tuba, from Italian tuba, from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).
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