Where does “surfotabulo” come from?

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

surfotabulo (Esperanto): surfboard

Definitions

  1. surfboard

Ancestry of “surfotabulo”, step by step

surfotabulo 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 surfo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosurfosurf
2EnglishsurfWaves that break on an ocean shoreline; An...
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Esperanto tabulo →