Where does “mesado” come from?

mesado (Galician) comes from Galician mesa, from Old Portuguese 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.

mesado (Galician): ledge; auxiliary table used as storage area in the kitchen

Definitions

  1. ledge; auxiliary table used as storage area in the kitchen

Ancestry of “mesado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmesatable; all items set on a table for a meal;...
2Old Portuguesemesatable
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus