Etymograph

English

laplet

Blend of laptop + tablet.

A blend of laptop + tablet

Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’

Latin tabula ‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax…’

Old French table

Old French tablete ‘small table’

Middle English tablet ‘a tablet, especially an easily carried one…’

English tablet

Today it means

noun A type of tablet computer that includes a (removable) keyboard which may double as a screen cover.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / laplet