Tuba
/ˈtuːbə/noun
A large brass wind instrument with a low pitch.
Did you know?Latin tuba named a straight war trumpet in Rome, and English later borrowed the word for the modern brass instrument that inherited its powerful, booming identity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teu-
“to swell, protrude”
Latin
Latin
tuba
“a straight war trumpet, trumpet”
Late Latin
Latin
tuba
“trumpet”
18th Century
English
tuba
“a large bass brass instrument”
Modern English
English
tuba
“a large brass wind instrument with a low pitch”