Where does “tabuleiro” come from?

tabuleiro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese tavoleiro, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tabuleiro (Portuguese): gameboard; a region or field where a dispute...

Definitions

  1. gameboard; a region or field where a dispute...

Ancestry of “tabuleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetavoleirogameboard
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old Portuguese tavoleiro →