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Where does “tabletopped” come from?

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

tabletopped (English): Having a flat top

Definitions

  1. Having a flat top

Ancestry of “tabletopped”, 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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