tabla

/ˈtabla/ · B1 · noun · f

board

🪵📊 Tabla is table's twin: Latin tabula, a plank, gave both

Latin tabula meant a board or plank. English table and Spanish tabla both come from it. In Spanish, tabla kept the plank sense (tabla de surf, a surfboard) and also took on the grid or chart sense, as in tabla de multiplicar, a multiplication table.

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