EuroLex/F/Entablement


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: entablement - 1. cornice

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: French, from OF: en- + -table- + -ment

en-: a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem;

-table-: OF table "board, plank, writing table, picture" (11c.), from L tabula "a board, plank, table", originally "small flat slab or piece" usually for inscriptions or for games, of uncertain origin, related to Umbrian tafle "on the board";

-ment: ME, from OF, from L -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs

Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com; http://www.etymonline.com

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