Where does “tonte” come from?

tonte (French) comes 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.

tonte (French): shearing; time of shearing; wool

Definitions

  1. shearing; time of shearing; wool

Ancestry of “tonte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtondreto shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut
2Old Frenchtondre—
3Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
4Latintondēre—
5Proto-Italictondeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic tondeō →Every word from Latin tondēre →