The story
- Old English · derived frombordclāþ
- Middle English · derived frombord cloth
- Middle English · inherited fromtabyllcloth
- English todaytablecloth
From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordclāþ, equivalent to table + cloth.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.