LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tuberculum.

small swelling/bump/protuberance/excrescence/tumor; boil (L+S); pimple;

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

diminutive of tūber
declension-2 · diminutive · form-of
a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
declension-2

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin tūber Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culum Latin tūberculum From tūber (“hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).

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