Where does “tonsure” come from?
tonsure (French) comes from Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.
tonsure (French): tonsure; first-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- tonsure; first-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “tonsure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tonsure | tonsure |
| 2 | Latin | tonsūra | — |
| 3 | Latin | tondeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
Words derived from “tonsure”