Tuberous
/ˈtjuːbərəs/noun
Having the form of a tuber or covered with rounded swellings.
Did you know?Tuberous comes from Latin *tuber*, meaning a swelling or lump, the same root behind *tubercle* and *tuberosity*—words that kept the original “bump” sense alive in medicine and anatomy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teuH-
“to swell, bulge”
Latin
Latin
tuber
“a swelling, lump, protuberance; also a truffle”
Late Latin
Latin
tuberosus
“full of lumps; knotty, swollen”
Middle English
English
tuberous
“having the nature of a swelling or lump”
Modern English
English
tuberous
“having the form of a tuber or covered with rounded swellings”
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