Tubercular
/tuːˈbɜːrkjələr/noun
Relating to or affected by tuberculosis; also, having small rounded swellings or nodules.
Did you know?Tubercular comes from Latin tuberculum, a diminutive of tuber, meaning a swelling or lump, and the same root gave English tuber, as in a potato’s knobby shape.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tewb-
“to swell, bulge”
Latin
Latin
tuber
“a swelling, lump, knob”
Latin
Latin
tuberculum
“a small swelling or little lump”
Late Latin
Latin
tubercularis
“pertaining to a small swelling or nodule”
16th Century
English
tubercular
“having tubercles or small swellings”
19th Century
English
tubercular
“affected with tuberculosis”
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