Etymology of the English word retable
the English word
retablederived from the French word
retablederived from the Old French word
tablederived from the Latin word
tabula (board, table; picture, painting; wood panel for painting; plank, board, flat piece of wood; writing tablet; records; document)
using the Old French prefix
re-derived from the Spanish word
retabloderived from the Spanish word
tabladerived from the Latin word
tabula (board, table; picture, painting; wood panel for painting; plank, board, flat piece of wood; writing tablet; records; document)
derived from the Vulgar Latin word
retaulusderived from the Latin word
retroderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*re-Date
The earliest known usage of retable in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
