Tabular
/ˈtæbjʊlər/noun
Arranged in a table or presented in a systematic row-and-column format.
Did you know?Tabular comes from Latin tabula, a “board” or “tablet,” the same root behind legal tablets and writing surfaces that turned memory into fixed, public record.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to put, place, set”
Latin
Latin
tabula
“a board, plank, writing tablet, or account sheet”
Late Latin
Latin
tabulāris
“of or belonging to a board or tablet”
Middle English
English
tabular
“pertaining to a table or tablet”
Modern English
English
tabular
“arranged in the form of a table; organized in rows and columns”