Where does “tablou” come from?

tablou (Romanian) comes from French tableau, from Old French tablel, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tablou (Romanian): board, blackboard, writing board

Definitions

  1. board, blackboard, writing board

Ancestry of “tablou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtableaupainting; picture; writing board
2Old Frenchtablela surface which is used primarily for painting
3Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
4Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
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