Where does “mesa” come from?
Mesa derives from Spanish mesa, from Latin mensa meaning table, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- meaning to measure.
mesa (English): Flat area of land or plateau higher than other...
Definitions
- Flat area of land or plateau higher than other...
Ancestry of “mesa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Words derived from “mesa”