Where does “latab” come from?
latab (Seychellois Creole) comes from French table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā.
latab (Seychellois Creole): table
Ancestry of “latab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | table | table; flat surface atop various objects; flat... |
| 2 | Old French | table | table |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | — |