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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
TABLE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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TABLE,
a smooth board, usually supported on legs. (F.,—L.) M. E. table, Chaucer, C. T. 355.—F.
table.—Lat. tabula, a plank, flat board,
table.—✔TA,
TAN, to stretch, spread out; so that the lit. sense is 'extended;' cf. Skt. tata,
pp. of tan, to stretch. See Thin. Der.
table-s, pl. sb.,
a kind of game like backgammon, played on flat boards, Rob. of Glouc. p. 192, l.
3; table, verb, Cymb. i. 4. 6; table-book, Hamlet, ii. 2. 136; table-talk, Merch.
Ven. iii. 5. 93; table-land, land flat like a table; tabl-et, Cymb. v. 4. 109,
from F. tablette, 'a little table,' Cot., dimin. of F. table. Also
tabul-ar, tabul-ate, from Lat. tabula. Also tabl-eau, borrowed from
F. tableau, dimin. of table. Also taffer-el, q.v.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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