Where does “tableless” come from?
tableless (English) comes from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
tableless (English): Without a table or tables
Definitions
- Without a table or tables
Ancestry of “tableless”, step by step
tableless 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 less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |