Etymograph

English

table mat

From table + mat.

A compound of table + mat

Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’

Latin tabula ‘tablet’

Old English tabele ‘board’

Middle English table ‘the top of a table’

English table

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Today it means

noun Synonym of place mat.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “table mat”. 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 / table mat