Where does “Retardtablette” come from?

Retardtablette (German) comes from German Tablette, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Retardtablette (German): sustained release tablet

Definitions

  1. sustained release tablet

Ancestry of “Retardtablette”, step by step

Retardtablette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tablette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTablettetablet; plural of Tablett
2Frenchtablettetablet; bar
3Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German Retard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRetard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Old French -etéEvery word from Old French tablete