Where does “tablasuson” come from?
tablasuson (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tabla, from Spanish tabla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
tablasuson (Tagalog): plywood
Ancestry of “tablasuson”, step by step
tablasuson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog tabla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tabla | tied; drawn in games, contests, etc |
| 2 | Spanish | tabla | board, plank; slab; table |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Tagalog suson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | suson | underlayer; extra layer; reinforcing layer |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *susun | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *susuN | — |