tumour
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.
Noun edit
tumour (plural tumours)
Usage notes edit
Tumour is the favoured spelling throughout the English-speaking world with the exception of the United States, where tumor is standard.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
tumor — see tumor
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tumour (plural tumours) (Late Middle English)
- tumour (abnormal or morbid bodily growth)
- The growth of tumours or boils.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tumǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-30.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tumour oblique singular, f (oblique plural tumours, nominative singular tumour, nominative plural tumours)
- tumor (abnormal swelling of an animal's living tissue)
- 1288, Somme Me Gautier
- Tumour ou enflour
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1288, Somme Me Gautier