Where does “mensa” come from?

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

mensa (Italian): refectory; a meal, food on the table; a table

Definitions

  1. refectory; a meal, food on the table; a table

Ancestry of “mensa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsaa table
2Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-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 →