Where does “skribotablo” come from?

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

skribotablo (Esperanto): desk

Definitions

  1. desk

Ancestry of “skribotablo”, step by step

skribotablo 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 skribi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskribito write
2Latinscrībere
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlāEvery word from Latin tabulaEvery word from Old French table