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.
tables (French): plural of table; second-person singular present...
Definitions
- plural of table; second-person singular present...
Ancestry of “tables”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tabler | To base one's scheming on something |
| 2 | French | table | table; flat surface atop various objects; flat... |
| 3 | Old French | table | table |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |