Where does “tables” come from?

tables (Middle English) comes from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tables (Middle English): plural of table

Definitions

  1. plural of table

Ancestry of “tables”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtableA table; A level writing surface; Any level...
2Old Frenchtabletable
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 table →