English
tabella
Tabella comes from Latin tabella ‘small board, tablet, or table (for writing)’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *taðlā.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlā1‘board’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabula1‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabella1‘small board, tablet, or table (for writing)’
- Englishtodaytabella1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English tabella
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlāWiktionary, English tabella‘board’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabulaWiktionary, English tabella‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabellaWiktionary, English tabella‘small board, tablet, or table (for writing)’
- EnglishtodaytabellaWiktionary, English tabella
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’
through Latin tabula ‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax…’
Today it means
noun A medicated lozenge or hard electuary.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tabella”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *taðlā / tabella