Where does “tabes” come from?

tabes (Volapük) comes from Volapük tab, from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tabes (Volapük): dative plural of tab

Definitions

  1. dative plural of tab

Ancestry of “tabes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapüktabtable
2EnglishtableFurniture with a top surface to accommodate a...
3Middle EnglishtableA table; A level writing surface; Any level...
4Old Frenchtabletable
5Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
6Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old French table →