Where does “tableau” come from?

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

tableau (French): painting; picture; writing board

Definitions

  1. painting; picture; writing board

Ancestry of “tableau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtablela surface which is used primarily for painting
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

Words derived from “tableau”

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