Where does “tablagiu” come from?

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

tablagiu (Romanian): backgammon player

Definitions

  1. backgammon player

Ancestry of “tablagiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantablăboard, blackboard
2Greekτάβλιbackgammon
3Ancient Greekτάβλαtablet; plank; table
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Ancient Greek τάβλα →