Where does “pastabulo” come from?

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

pastabulo (Esperanto): gangway, gangplank

Definitions

  1. gangway, gangplank

Ancestry of “pastabulo”, step by step

pastabulo 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 paŝi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopaŝito step, to stride
2Englishpass"To change place."; "To change in state or...
3Middle Englishpassento pass
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Esperanto tabulo →