Where does “tables” come from?

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

tables (French): plural of table; second-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. plural of table; second-person singular present...

Ancestry of “tables”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtablerTo base one's scheming on something
2Frenchtabletable; flat surface atop various objects; flat...
3Old Frenchtabletable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
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