Where does “tablă” come from?

tablă (Romanian) comes from Greek τάβλι, from Ancient Greek τάβλα, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tablă (Romanian): board, blackboard

Definitions

  1. board, blackboard

Ancestry of “tablă”, step by step

tablă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek τάβλι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekτάβλιbackgammon
2Ancient Greekτάβλαtablet; plank; table
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Hungarian tábla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáblawriting board, chalkboard, whiteboard; sign,...

Words derived from “tablă

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlāEvery word from Latin tabulaEvery word from Ancient Greek τάβλα