Where does “table” come from?

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

table (Old French): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “table”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
2Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

Words derived from “table

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā
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