Where does “tabes” come from?

Tabes comes from Latin tabes, a word of uncertain meaning, derived from Proto-Indo-European teh₂-.

tabes (English): A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating...

Definitions

  1. A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating...

Ancestry of “tabes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabesthe act of wasting away; decay, putrefaction;...
2Proto-Italictāfē-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂bʰeh₁-to be melting

Words derived from “tabes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teh₂bʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tāfē- →Every word from Latin tabes →