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
- To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a...
Ancestry of “tabulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tabulatus | floored |
| 2 | Latin | tabulō | — |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |
Words derived from “tabulate”