Where does “mesa-tenístico” come from?
mesa-tenístico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese 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.
mesa-tenístico (Portuguese): of table tennis
Definitions
- of table tennis
Ancestry of “mesa-tenístico”, step by step
mesa-tenístico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese mesa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mesa | table; meal, food; mesa |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mesa | table |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mesa | Alternative form of mēnsa |
| 4 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 5 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Portuguese tenístico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tenístico | — |