English
tablero
Tablero comes from Spanish tablero ‘board’, from Latin tabula ‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax…’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlā‘board’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabula‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttabla‘board, plank’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttablero‘board’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*taðlā‘board’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtabula‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttabla‘board, plank’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttablero‘board’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin tabula ‘tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax…’
Today it means
noun A panel or structure perpendicular to the ground and sitting upon the slope of the talud.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *taðlā / tablero