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Where does “tôle” come from?

tôle (French) comes from French table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.

tôle (French): sheet metal; Alternative form of taule

Definitions

  1. sheet metal; Alternative form of taule

Ancestry of “tôle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtabletable; flat surface atop various objects; flat...
2Old Frenchtabletable
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlā—

Words derived from “tôle”

  • tole
  • toleware
  • toles
  • толь
  • taulard
  • tôlier
  • tôlerie
  • taule
  • tôn
  • ტოლი
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