Where does “table” come from?

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

table (Romanian): backgammon

Definitions

  1. backgammon

Ancestry of “table”, step by step

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