Where does “gladotabulo” come from?

gladotabulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tabulo, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

gladotabulo (Esperanto): ironing board

Definitions

  1. ironing board

Ancestry of “gladotabulo”, step by step

gladotabulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto tabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotabuloboard, plank, tablet
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Esperanto gladi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogladiiron
2Russianгла́дитьto iron, to press (clothes)
3Proto-Slavicgladitito stroke
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Esperanto tabulo →