What does tessellate mean in Latin?

Answer 1

Well I can't give you the latin meaning. But a tessellation is a pattern of tiling such that the tiles cover the whole area with no spaces nor overlapping tiles.

In Latin, tessellate probably meant four-sided, from the original Greek tesares - four. Today, the word likely refers indirectly to the usual shape of the individual tiles mentioned above - that is, square or four-sided.

Ans.3

Tessellate is from Latin tessellatus. This is the past participle of tessellare 'to cover with mosaic'. Although tessellare originally came from the Greek 'four sided', it refers to pieces of mosaic of any shape. Since mosaics have tiny gaps filled with mortar, this does not completely accord with the mathematical definition of a tiling.

Answer 2

it means "small square"