Where does “tondou” come from?

tondou (Champenois) comes from Champenois tonde, from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin tondere, from Latin tondēre, from Proto-Italic tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti.

tondou (Champenois): shearer

Definitions

  1. shearer

Ancestry of “tondou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Champenoistondeto shear
2Old Frenchtondre—
3Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
4Latintondēre—
5Proto-Italictondeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic tondeō →Every word from Latin tondēre →