Where does “ménsula” come from?

ménsula (Spanish) 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.

ménsula (Spanish): bracket

Definitions

  1. bracket

Ancestry of “ménsula”, 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 “ménsula”

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