Etymology

sobremesa

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Today it means: Time spent at the table after eating; the habit of relaxing at the table after a heavy meal. Full definition →

Spanish sobremesa ← Old Spanish mesa ← Late Latin mēsa
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Spanishsobre-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  9. Proto-Italic*mētis
  10. Latinmetior
  11. Latinmēnsus
  12. Classical Latinmēnsa
  13. Late Latinmēsa
  14. Old Spanishmesa
  15. Spanishmesa
  16. Spanishsobremesa
  17. English todaysobremesa

Borrowed from Spanish sobremesa.

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