Where does “warcaby” come from?
warcaby (Polish) comes from Czech vrhcáby, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
warcaby (Polish): draughts , checkers
Ancestry of “warcaby”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | vrhcáby | backgammon |
| 2 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |