Where does “mesada” come from?

mesada (Spanish) comes from Spanish mesa, 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.

mesada (Spanish): pocket money; allowance; Severance pay owed to an...

Definitions

  1. pocket money; allowance; Severance pay owed to an...

Ancestry of “mesada”, step by step

mesada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish mesa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmesatable; mesa
2Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
3Latinmēnsaa table
4Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish mes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmesmonth
2Latinmēnsismonth
3Proto-Italicmēnsis—
4Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →