Where does “mesita” come from?

mesita (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.

mesita (Spanish): small table

Definitions

  1. small table

Ancestry of “mesita”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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