Etymograph

English

tablewise

Tablewise comes from Middle English tabylwyse.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tabylwyse1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1902tablewise1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tablewise
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1902, Munsey's magazine:: “It was a flat, plain slab of dark gray…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tabylwyseWiktionary, English tablewise
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1902tablewiseWiktionary, English tablewise. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1902, Munsey's magazine:: “It was a flat, plain slab of dark gray…”

Formed from table + -wise

Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’

Latin tabula ‘tablet’

Old English tabele ‘board’

Middle English table ‘the top of a table’

English table

Every English word from Middle English tabylwyse

Today it means

adv Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tablewise”. 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.

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