Etymology of “Tuberculosis”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from English
Source language
English
Ancestry links
1
Descendants
4
Word Origin Summary
Tuberculosis is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- tuberkulosis
Cebuano · borrowed from
- tuberkulosis
MSA · borrowed from
- tuberkulozo
Esperanto · borrowed from
- tuberkloso
IDO · borrowed from
What You Can Explore
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