English
tuberose
Tuberose comes from Latin tūberōsus ‘tuberous’, and goes back to tūber.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūber
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūberōsus‘tuberous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007tuberose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūber
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūberōsus‘tuberous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007tuberose
Earliest quotation: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns: “Only now Mariam saw a basket on the sill.…”
Linked words
through Latin tūber
Today it means
adj tuberous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tūber / tuberose