Where does “mesa” come from?

mesa (Vulgar Latin) comes 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 (Vulgar Latin): Alternative form of mēnsa

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mēnsa

Ancestry of “mesa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mesa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →