Where does “table” come from?

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

table (French): table; flat surface atop various objects; flat...

Definitions

  1. table; flat surface atop various objects; flat...

Ancestry of “table”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtabletable
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

Words derived from “table

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā