Where does “tables” come from?

Table comes from Middle English tabil, from Old French table, from Latin tabula meaning a board or flat surface, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teh₂-.

tables (English): plural of table; API pl; Backgammon

Definitions

  1. plural of table; API pl; Backgammon

Ancestry of “tables”, 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
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