Where does “mensa” come from?

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

mensa (Spanish): feminine singular of menso

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of menso

Ancestry of “mensa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmensofoolish, dull; distracted, absent-minded;...
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 →