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Where does “Tablette” come from?

Tablette (German) comes from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Tablette (German): tablet; plural of Tablett

Definitions

  1. tablet; plural of Tablett

Ancestry of “Tablette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtablettetablet; bar
2Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
3Old French-etévariant of -té
4Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
5Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “Tablette”

  • tablettenförmig
  • tablettensüchtig
  • Lutschtablette
  • Schlaftablette
  • vitamintabletta
  • tabletta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →