Where does “เทเบิลเทนนิส” come from?

เทเบิลเทนนิส (Thai) comes from English table tennis, from Portuguese mesa, from Old Portuguese mesa, from Vulgar Latin mesa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

เทเบิลเทนนิส (Thai): ping pong, table tennis

Definitions

  1. ping pong, table tennis

Ancestry of “เทเบิลเทนนิส”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtable tennisA game or sport that involves the hitting of a...
2Portuguesemesatable; meal, food; mesa
3Old Portuguesemesatable
4Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
5Latinmēnsaa table
6Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-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 →