Where does “тенис на маса” come from?
тенис на маса (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian ма́са, from Romanian masă, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
тенис на маса (Bulgarian): table tennis
Definitions
- table tennis
Ancestry of “тенис на маса”, step by step
тенис на маса traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian ма́са
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | ма́са | table |
| 2 | Romanian | masă | table; meal; mass |
| 3 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 4 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English table tennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | table tennis | A game or sport that involves the hitting of a... |
| 2 | Portuguese | mesa | table; meal, food; mesa |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | mesa | table |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mesa | Alternative form of mēnsa |
| 5 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 6 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Bulgarian тенис
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | тенис | tennis |