Where does “emléktábla” come from?

emléktábla (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tábla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

emléktábla (Hungarian): memorial/commemorative plaque/plate/tablet a piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event

Definitions

  1. memorial/commemorative plaque/plate/tablet a piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event

Ancestry of “emléktábla”, step by step

emléktábla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tábla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáblawriting board, chalkboard, whiteboard; sign,...
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Hungarian emlék

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianemlékmemory; souvenir, keepsake, relic
2Hungarianemlékezikto commemorate; to remember
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Hungarian tábla →