Where does “nanomesa” come from?

nanomesa (English) comes from English mesa, 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.

nanomesa (English): A nanoscale mesa

Definitions

  1. A nanoscale mesa

Ancestry of “nanomesa”, step by step

nanomesa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mesa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmesaFlat area of land or plateau higher than other...
2Spanishmesatable; mesa
3Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
4Latinmēnsaa table
5Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus