English
retable
Retable comes from French retable ‘retable, reredos’, and goes back to Medieval Latin retrotabulum.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500retrotabulum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentretable‘retable, reredos’
- Englishtodayretable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500retrotabulum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentretable‘retable, reredos’
- Englishtodayretable
Every English word from Medieval Latin retrotabulum
Today it means
noun A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin retrotabulum / retable