Where does “maisa” come from?

maisa (Romansch) 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.

maisa (Romansch): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “maisa”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →