Where does “chepen” come from?

chepen (Chuukese) comes from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

chepen (Chuukese): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “chepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtableFurniture with a top surface to accommodate a...
2Middle EnglishtableA table; A level writing surface; Any level...
3Old Frenchtabletable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old French table →