Where does “Mensa” come from?
Mensa (English) comes from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Mensa (English): Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs
Definitions
- Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs
Ancestry of “Mensa”, step by step
Mensa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mēnsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 2 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Latin Mons Mensae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Mons Mensae | — |
| 2 | English | Montagne de la Table | — |