myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of retablo

Etymology of the Spanish word retablo

the Spanish word retablo

derived from the Spanish word tabla

derived 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 retaulus

derived from the Latin word retro

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *re-

Derivations in other languages

French retable, Italian retablo