Word origin
[1880–85; ‹ L
tumēscent- (s. of
tumēscēns, prp. of
tumēscere to begin to swell), equiv. to
tum(
ēre) to swell +
-ēscent- -escent]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, barnstorm, impressionism, interface, jackpot