Where does “circumtabular” come from?

circumtabular (English) comes from English tabular, from Latin tabularis, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

circumtabular (English): Arranged or taking place around a table

Definitions

  1. Arranged or taking place around a table

Ancestry of “circumtabular”, step by step

circumtabular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tabular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtabularhaving a flat, plane surface; organized as a...
2Latintabularisboards
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via English circum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcircum
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis