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Where does “tableness” come from?

tableness (English) comes from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

tableness (English): The quality of being a table

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a table

Ancestry of “tableness”, 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*taðlā—
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