Where does “tabelo” come from?
tabelo (Esperanto) comes from German Tabelle, from Latin tabella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
tabelo (Esperanto): table
Definitions
- table
Ancestry of “tabelo”, step by step
tabelo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Tabelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tabelle | table |
| 2 | Latin | tabella | small board, table or tablet; plaque, placard,... |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English table
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | table | Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a... |
| 2 | Middle English | table | A table; A level writing surface; Any level... |
| 3 | Old French | table | table |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via French table
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | table | table; flat surface atop various objects; flat... |