Where does “tablo” come from?

tablo (Haitian Creole) comes from French tableau, from Old French tablel, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tablo (Haitian Creole): board

Definitions

  1. board

Ancestry of “tablo”, 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 →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old French tablel →