Where does “skribtabulo” come from?

skribtabulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto skribi, from Latin scrībere, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skribtabulo (Esperanto): whiteboard, blackboard

Definitions

  1. whiteboard, blackboard

Ancestry of “skribtabulo”, step by step

skribtabulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto skribi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskribito write
2Latinscrībere—
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Esperanto tabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotabuloboard, plank, tablet
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →