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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic *θakjō →