Etymology

mesa

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Today it means: A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges. Full definition →

Spanish mesa ← Latin mēnsa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommēnsa
  2. Spanish · borrowed frommesa“table”
  3. English todaymesa

First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa.

Words from the same roots

Latinmēnsa all →

mensaamensal

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