Protuberant
/proʊˈtuːbərənt/noun
Bulging or projecting outward.
Did you know?It comes from Latin *protuberantem*, from *pro-* “forward” + *tuber* “swelling, lump,” the same root behind words for bumps, tubers, and bodily protrusions.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teu̯b-
“to swell, bulge”
Latin
Latin
tuber
“a swelling, lump, protuberance”
Latin
Latin
protuberare
“to swell out, bulge forth”
Late Latin
Latin
protuberantem
“bulging, projecting”
14th–15th Century
English
protuberant
“bulging outward, projecting”
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