Where does “tonde” come from?
tonde (Champenois) comes from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin tondere, from Latin tondēre, from Proto-Italic tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti.
tonde (Champenois): to shear
Definitions
- to shear
Ancestry of “tonde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tondre | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tondere | inflection of tondeō: ## present active... |
| 3 | Latin | tondēre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tondeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tond-éye-ti | — |