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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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table A. slab, tablet (now mainly techn.) XII; †(pl.) backgammon XIII; †board on which chess, etc. are played XV; (pl.) leaves of a backgammon board (phr.
turn the tables reverse the situation XVII);
B. raised board at which one sits XIII;
C. arrangement of numbers, words, etc. XIV. — (O)F. — L.
tabula plank, tablet, list.
Hence
table vb. XV.
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