Where does “tableaux” come from?
tableaux (French) comes from French tableau, from Old French tablel, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
tableaux (French): plural of tableau
Ancestry of “tableaux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tableau | painting; picture; writing board |
| 2 | Old French | tablel | a surface which is used primarily for painting |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |