Where does “Tableau” come from?

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

Tableau (German): tableau arrangement of actors on stage or screen

Definitions

  1. tableau arrangement of actors on stage or screen

Ancestry of “Tableau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtableaupainting; picture; writing board
2Old Frenchtablela surface which is used primarily for painting
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →