Where does “tondisto” come from?
tondisto (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.
tondisto (Esperanto): barber
Ancestry of “tondisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | tondi | to cut , clip |
| 2 | French | tondre | to shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut |
| 3 | Old French | tondre | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tondere | inflection of tondeō:
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| 5 | Latin | tondēre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tondeō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tond-éye-ti | — |