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noun
Time spent at the table after eating; the habit of relaxing at the table after a heavy meal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Spanish sobre- 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 Spanish sobremesabor. English sobremesa Borrowed from Spanish sobremesa.
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