Where does “mę̀so'óna” come from?

mę̀so'óna (Taos) 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.

mę̀so'óna (Taos): mass, church

Definitions

  1. mass, church

Ancestry of “mę̀so'óna”, 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 →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →