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Where does “tondre” come from?

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

tondre (French): to shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut

Definitions

  1. to shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut

Ancestry of “tondre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtondre—
2Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
3Latintondēre—
4Proto-Italictondeō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—

Words derived from “tondre”

  • tonte
  • tondeur
  • tondi
  • tondilo
  • tondisto
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