'table-topped' originates from Modern English, specifically the compound of 'table' and the past participle 'topped', where 'table' meant 'a board or flat surface used as a table' and 'topped' meant 'having a top or being covered on top'.

'table' came into English via Old French 'table' from Latin 'tabula'; 'top' (and its verb form 'to top') comes from Old English/Middle English roots related to 'topp' meaning 'highest point' or 'top of something'. The compound 'table-topped' is a straightforward modern English formation combining these elements.

Initially components referred to 'a board/flat surface' (table) and 'the top/uppermost part' (top). Over time the compound came to be used descriptively to mean 'having a table or table-like top' in contemporary usage.