Where does “gazontondilo” come from?
gazontondilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tondilo, from Esperanto tondi, from French tondre, from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin tondere, from Latin tondēre, from Proto-Italic tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti.
gazontondilo (Esperanto): lawnmower
Definitions
- lawnmower
Ancestry of “gazontondilo”, step by step
gazontondilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto tondilo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tondilo | A pair of scissors |
| 2 | Esperanto | tondi | to cut with scissors, clip |
| 3 | French | tondre | to shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut |
| 4 | Old French | tondre | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tondere | inflection of tondeō: ## present active... |
| 6 | Latin | tondēre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tondeō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tond-éye-ti | — |