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.
skribotablo (Esperanto): desk
Ancestry of “skribotablo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | tablo | table |
| 2 | English | table | Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a... |
| 3 | Middle English | table | A table; A level writing surface; Any level... |
| 4 | Old French | table | table |
| 5 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |