Where does “tabla” come from?

tabla (Chavacano) comes from Spanish tabla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tabla (Chavacano): (wood) board; sawn board

Definitions

  1. (wood) board; sawn board

Ancestry of “tabla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtablaboard, plank; slab; table
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
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