desk
DESK · noun
Origin
Desk comes from Middle English deske or desque, from Medieval Latin desca, which was reshaped from Old Italian desco, itself from Latin discus.
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Related words
Desk is a doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos — all descending from the same Latin discus. It's also worth noting alongside German Tisch, meaning 'table.'