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Where does “tabulator” come from?

tabulator (English) comes from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tabulator (English): A person who counts or tabulates things; The...

Definitions

  1. A person who counts or tabulates things; The...

Ancestry of “tabulator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐or—
2Middle English-our—
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tabulator”

  • tab
  • tabbed
  • subtab
  • multitabbed
  • multitab
  • tablike
  • untabbed
  • tabless
  • backtab
  • untabification
  • tabbable
  • tabnabbing
  • nontabbed
  • tabify
  • untabify
  • tabification
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →