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Where does “tablature” come from?

tablature (English) comes from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

tablature (English): A form of musical notation indicating fingering...

Definitions

  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering...

Ancestry of “tablature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantavolatura—
2Latintabulatura—
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →