Where does “untabify” come from?

untabify (English) comes from English tabify, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō — to do, put, place.

untabify (English): To reformat by converting tab characters into...

Definitions

  1. To reformat by converting tab characters into...

Ancestry of “untabify”, step by step

untabify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tabify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtabifyTo reformat by converting spaces into tab...
2English-ifyTo produce verbs meaning "to make"
3Middle English-ifien
4Old French-ifier
5Latin-ificoEnlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine...
6Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
7LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
8Proto-Italicfakjōto make
9Proto-Italic*θakjō
10Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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