mesa
English
/ˈmeɪ.sə/
noun
Definitions
- Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian mesa (table, mesa) derived from Latin mēnsa (table, meal, altar, counter, board).
Origin
Latin
mēnsa
Gloss
table, meal, altar, counter, board
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
卓
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mensa English
- nanomesa English
- *mēsa Latin
- mensarium Latin
- mensarius Latin
- mēnsa Latin
- mēsa Latin
- menza Hungarian
- mensa Italian
- mense French
- moise French
- mesa Spanish, Castilian
- mesero Spanish, Castilian
- meseta Spanish, Castilian
- sobremesa Spanish, Castilian
- tenis de mesa Spanish, Castilian
- tenismesista Spanish, Castilian
- tornamesas Spanish, Castilian
- mesa Portuguese
- *mōsijaną Proto-Germanic
- *misa Proto-Slavic
- masă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mías Old Irish
- lamesa Tagalog
- mesa Tagalog
- mesa Old Portuguese
- mežža Ladino
- meza Kabuverdianu
- mesa Aragonese
- miesa Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- mesa Chavacano
- mesa Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- tsonmesa San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
- mę̀so’óna Taos
- mę́soną Taos
- mes Zoogocho Zapotec
- mesa Highland Popoluca
- meesa Mayo
- ntamesá San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- mesa Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
- mesai Maquiritari
- meẍa Jakaltek
- mesa Chamicuro
- me̱saj Highland Puebla Nahuatl
- mésa Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec
- meesa Cora
- meexë Isthmus Mixe
- mesa Kituba