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Where does “mesa” come from?

mesa (Spanish) 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.

mesa (Spanish): table; mesa

Definitions

  1. table; mesa

Ancestry of “mesa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
2Latinmēnsa—
3Latinmēnsus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mesa”

  • mesa
  • nanomesa
  • table tennis
  • tornamesas
  • tenis de mesa
  • tenismesista
  • meseta
  • mesero
  • sobremesa
  • ténis de mesa
  • टेबल टेनिस
  • เทเบิลเทนนิส
  • lamesa
  • mesa
  • mę́soną
  • mę̀so'óna
  • mesa
  • mesa
  • mesai
  • mesa
  • mesa
  • mesa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →