Where does “masaüstü” come from?

masaüstü (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani masa, from Ottoman Turkish ماسه, from Bulgarian ма́са, from Romanian masă, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

masaüstü (Azerbaijani): tabletop, desktop

Definitions

  1. tabletop, desktop

Ancestry of “masaüstü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanimasatable
2Ottoman Turkishماسهtable, especially a dining table, on which meals are served
3Bulgarianма́саtable
4Romanianmasătable; meal; mass
5Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
6Old Frenchmacemace weapon
7Vulgar Latinmattia
8LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos
11Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin mateola