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
- A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating...
Ancestry of “tabes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tabes | the act of wasting away; decay, putrefaction;... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | tāfē- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | teh₂bʰeh₁- | to be melting |
Words derived from “tabes”