Where does “mȳse” come from?

mȳse (Old English) comes 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.

mȳse (Old English): table; that which is set on a table; dish; food,...

Definitions

  1. table; that which is set on a table; dish; food,...

Ancestry of “mȳse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
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

Words derived from “mȳse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →