![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Table-rapping in spiritualism, supposedly an effect of supernatural powers, is from 1853. Table tennis "ping-pong" is recorded from 1887. The adjectival phrase under-the-table "hidden from view" is recorded from 1949 to be under the table "passed out from excess drinking" is recorded from 1913. Tabula rasa, (Latin: scraped tablet i.e. Table talk "familiar conversation around a table" is attested from 1560s, translating Latin colloquia mensalis. (as in table of contents, mid-15c.).įigurative phrase turn the tables (1630s) is from backgammon (in Old and Middle English the game was called tables). The meaning "arrangement of numbers or other figures on a tabular surface for convenience" is recorded from late 14c. Especially the table at which people eat, hence "food placed upon a table" (c. 1300 (the usual Latin word for this was mensa (see mensa) Old English writers used bord (see board (n.1)). The sense of "piece of furniture with the flat top and legs" first recorded c. Both the French and Germanic words are from Latin tabula "a board, plank writing table list, schedule picture, painted panel," originally "small flat slab or piece" usually for inscriptions or for games (source also of Spanish tabla, Italian tavola), of uncertain origin, related to Umbrian tafle "on the board." Late 12c., "board, slab, plate," from Old French table "board, square panel, plank writing table picture food, fare" (11c.), and late Old English tabele "writing tablet, gaming table," from Germanic *tabal (source also of Dutch tafel, Danish tavle, Old High German zabel "board, plank," German Tafel). ![]()
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