Where does “mēnsa” come from?

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

mēnsa (Latin): a table

Definitions

  1. a table

Ancestry of “mēnsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mēnsa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →
mēnsa — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer