Where does “Moïsette” come from?

Moïsette (French) comes from French moise, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Moïsette (French): a feminine diminutive form of Moïse

Definitions

  1. a feminine diminutive form of Moïse

Ancestry of “Moïsette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoiseledger piece of carpentry, yoke
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 →