Where does “tablet” come from?
tablet (Middle English) comes 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.
tablet (Middle English): A tablet, especially an easily carried one for...
Definitions
- A tablet, especially an easily carried one for...
Ancestry of “tablet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | tablete | small table; a board to be written on; tablet |
| 2 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 3 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “tablet”