Where does “mesa” come from?
mesa (Catalan) comes from Spanish mesa, from Vulgar Latin mesa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
mesa (Catalan): altar
Definitions
- altar
Ancestry of “mesa”, step by step
mesa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish mesa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mesa | table; mesa |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mesa | Alternative form of mēnsa |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 4 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Latin missa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 2 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 3 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |