Where does “tabbed” come from?
Tabbed comes from English tab, which derives from English tobacco, English table, English table, Latin -atus, Latin -atus, Latin tabula, and Latin tabula.
tabbed (English): Having a tab; Having tabs; simple past tense and...
Definitions
- Having a tab; Having tabs; simple past tense and...
Ancestry of “tabbed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tab | A small flap or strip of material attached to... |
| 2 | English | tablature | A form of musical notation indicating fingering... |
| 3 | Italian | tavolatura | — |
| 4 | Latin | tabulatura | — |
| 5 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |