Where does “tonsurer” come from?
tonsurer (French) comes from French tonsure, 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.
tonsurer (French): to tonsure
Ancestry of “tonsurer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tonsure | tonsure; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Old French | tonsure | tonsure |
| 3 | Latin | tonsūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | tondeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
Words derived from “tonsurer”