English
tableman
From table + -man.
Formed from table + -man
Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’
Latin tabula ‘tablet’
Old English tabele ‘board’
Middle English table ‘the top of a table’
English table
Today it means
noun Any of the pieces used to play the game of tables, backgammon or draughts.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tableman”. 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 / tableman