Where does “tabulate” come from?

Tabulate comes from Latin tabulatus, the past participle of tabulare, derived from tabula meaning "board" or "table," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teh₂- meaning "to spread."

tabulate (English): To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a...

Definitions

  1. To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a...

Ancestry of “tabulate”, step by step

tabulate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tabulatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabulatusfloored
2Latintabulō—
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Translingual Tabulata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTabulataorder
2Latintabulāta—

Words derived from “tabulate”

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Latin tabulō →