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
- shearing; time of shearing; wool
Ancestry of “tonte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tondre | to shear; to mow, cut; to clip, cut |
| 2 | Old French | tondre | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tondere | inflection of tondeō:
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| 4 | Latin | tondēre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tondeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tond-éye-ti | — |