Where does “tavolo” come from?
tavolo (Esperanto) comes from Italian tavolo, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
tavolo (Esperanto): layer, stratum
Ancestry of “tavolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tavolo | table, board, desk; board, panel |
| 2 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |