Where does “tondare” come from?
tondare (Italian) comes from Italian tondo, from Vulgar Latin *tundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
tondare (Italian): to round, to cut in a round shape (glass, coral, or other material)
Definitions
- to round, to cut in a round shape (glass, coral, or other material)
Ancestry of “tondare”, step by step
tondare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tondo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tondo | round, circular; circle; tondo |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *tundus | — |
| 3 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 4 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 5 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via Italian tondere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tondere | to shave |
| 2 | Latin | tondēre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tondeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tond-éye-ti | — |