Where does “tonsura” come from?

tonsura (Galician) comes from Latin tonsūra, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tonsura (Galician): tonsure

Definitions

  1. tonsure

Ancestry of “tonsura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonsūrahaircut
2Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tondeō →