Where does “latab” come from?

latab (Seychellois Creole) comes from French table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

latab (Seychellois Creole): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “latab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtabletable; flat surface atop various objects; flat...
2Old Frenchtabletable
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 Old French table →