Where does “mensola” come from?

mensola (Italian) comes from Latin mensŭla, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mensola (Italian): shelf; console, console table; cantilever

Definitions

  1. shelf; console, console table; cantilever

Ancestry of “mensola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmensŭlaa small table
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mensola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin mensŭla →