tab- root words — words with the tab- root

The root tab- comes from Latin tabere, meaning to waste away, melt. 2 words in Dendril are built from it, including tabescence, tabescent. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tab- root

Explore words with tab- — words containing the tab- root and sharing its sense of "to waste away, melt". Examples include tabescence, tabescent. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does tab- mean?

The tab- root means to waste away, melt, from Latin tabere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.