Where does “tonsille” come from?

tonsille (Italian) comes from Italian tonsilla, from Latin tonsillae, from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tonsille (Italian): plural of tonsilla

Definitions

  1. plural of tonsilla

Ancestry of “tonsille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantonsillatonsil
2Latintonsillaetonsils
3Proto-Italic*tonslilā—
4Proto-Italictonslis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tonsille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tonslis →Every word from Proto-Italic *tonslilā →