Where does “tabela” come from?

tabela (Portuguese) comes from Latin tabella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tabela (Portuguese): table; table; lookup table; backboard

Definitions

  1. table; table; lookup table; backboard

Ancestry of “tabela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintabellasmall board, table or tablet; plaque, placard,...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin tabella →