Where does “tolă” come from?

tolă (Romanian) comes from French tôle, from French table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tolă (Romanian): sheet metal

Definitions

  1. sheet metal

Ancestry of “tolă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtôlesheet metal; Alternative form of taule
2Frenchtabletable; flat surface atop various objects; flat...
3Old Frenchtabletable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlāEvery word from Latin tabulaEvery word from Old French table