Where does “tabular” come from?

tabular (Portuguese) comes from Latin tabularis, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

tabular (Portuguese): tabular; to tabulate

Definitions

  1. tabular; to tabulate

Ancestry of “tabular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabularisboards
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →
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