Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "retable"?

Accepted Answer

First person singular indicative present of retabler.
Third person singular indicative present of retabler.
First person singular subjunctive present of retabler.
Third person singular subjunctive present of retabler.
Second person singular imperative of retabler.

Question 2

Where does the French word "retable" come from?

Accepted Answer

a large retable and two small panels. adapted from table, tableau from Old Occitan retaule, itself a haplology of reiretaule (attested in 1218), and composed of Latin retro ('behind') and tabula ('plank, table', 'altar' in Medieval Latin) attested in the Latin form retrotabula in 1259, retrotabulum in 1294.

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