Where does “Mensan” come from?

Mensan (English) comes from English Mensa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Mensan (English): A member of Mensa, a society for people with a...

Definitions

  1. A member of Mensa, a society for people with a...

Ancestry of “Mensan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMensaMensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs
2Latinmēnsaa table
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →