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Where does “menso” come from?

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

menso (Spanish): foolish, dull; distracted, absent-minded;...

Definitions

  1. foolish, dull; distracted, absent-minded;...

Ancestry of “menso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsa—
2Latinmēnsus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “menso”

  • mensa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →