Where does “tabby” come from?

tabby (English) comes from Swedish tabb — a tab; a tab, a tabulator, a tab stop, a tab key.

tabby (English): A kind of waved silk, usually called watered...

Definitions

  1. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered...

Ancestry of “tabby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtabba tab; a tab, a tabulator, a tab stop, a tab key

Words derived from “tabby”

Every word from Swedish tabb →