Where does “labortablo” come from?

labortablo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tablo, from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

labortablo (Esperanto): desktop

Definitions

  1. desktop

Ancestry of “labortablo”, step by step

labortablo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto tablo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotablotable
2EnglishtableFurniture with a top surface to accommodate a...
3Middle EnglishtableA table; A level writing surface; Any level...
4Old Frenchtabletable
5Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
6Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Esperanto laboro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolaborojob, work
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā