Where does “table” come from?
table (Romanian) comes from Greek τάβλι, from Ancient Greek τάβλα, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
table (Romanian): backgammon
Ancestry of “table”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | τάβλι | backgammon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τάβλα | — |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |