Where does “tableland” come from?
Tableland derives from English table and land, with table from Middle English tabil, Old French table, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-.
tableland (English): A relatively flat region of terrain, particularly...
Definitions
- A relatively flat region of terrain, particularly...
Ancestry of “tableland”, step by step
tableland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English table
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | table | Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a... |
| 2 | Middle English | table | A table; A level writing surface; Any level... |
| 3 | Old French | table | table |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via English Land
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Land | The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water |
| 2 | Middle English | land | Alternative form of lond; urine |
| 3 | Old English | hland | urine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hlandą | urine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | klān- | liquid, wet ground |