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Where does “tondi” come from?

tondi (Esperanto) comes 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.

tondi (Esperanto): to cut , clip

Definitions

  1. to cut , clip

Ancestry of “tondi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtondreto shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut
2Old Frenchtondre—
3Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
4Latintondēre—
5Proto-Italictondeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—

Words derived from “tondi”

  • tondilo
  • tondisto
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