Where does “Tabulatortaste” come from?

Tabulatortaste (German) comes from German taste, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

Tabulatortaste (German): tab key

Definitions

  1. tab key

Ancestry of “Tabulatortaste”, step by step

Tabulatortaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German taste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantasteinflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...
2Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
3Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
4Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
5Latintaxāre
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via English tabulator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtabulatorA person who counts or tabulates things; The...
2English‐orCreates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed
3Middle English-our
4Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
5Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-