The story
- Latin · derived fromtabula“table”
- Dutch · derived fromtafereel“panel, picture”
- English todaytafferel
From Dutch tafereel (“panel, picture”), diminutive of tafel (“table”), from Latin tabula (“table”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.