Where does “tondilo” come from?

tondilo (Esperanto) comes 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.

tondilo (Esperanto): A pair of scissors

Definitions

  1. A pair of scissors

Ancestry of “tondilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotondito cut with scissors, clip
2Frenchtondreto shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut
3Old Frenchtondre—
4Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
5Latintondēre—
6Proto-Italictondeō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—

Words derived from “tondilo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic tondeō →Every word from Latin tondēre →