noun, feminine/meˈseta/plural: mesetas
plateau
Related: amesetado, amesetamiento, meseta de hielo, mesetario
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin metior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mēnsusnom. Classical Latin mēnsa Late Latin mēsa Old Spanish mesa Spanish mesa Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ettebor. ▲ Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettoder. Italian -ettabor. Spanish -eta Spanish meseta From mesa (“raised land”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).