French word table comes from Latin tabula

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Detailed word origin of table

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
tabula	Latin (lat)	(by extension) map, painting, document or other item put onto a tablet. Board or plank. Tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing.
table	Old French (fro)	Table (furniture).
table	French (fra)	(music) table of a stringed instrument. Flat part of a cut or carved object. Flat surface atop various objects. Matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. Systematic list of content. Table (item of furniture).

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