"La tavola" refers to a table set for dining, "il tavolo" refers to any other table (not set for dining), such as a work table.
Incidentally, "apparecchiare la tavola" means to set the table.
How come there are two gender forms, "tavola" and "tavolo"? Which one is proper?
I noticed that in Italian usually there is only one gender for one word, but there are some exceptions I thought were because of "bad native speakers". One of this exception is "tavolo" / "tavola". What's the explanation and the etymology behind this divergence?
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