Where does “tonsillite” come from?
tonsillite (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.
tonsillite (Italian): tonsillitis
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Words derived from “tonsillite”