tab

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
  • Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.
  • Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.
  • , from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia.

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