Where does “tosaerba” come from?

tosaerba (Italian) comes from Italian tosare, from Vulgar Latin tonsare, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tosaerba (Italian): lawnmower

Definitions

  1. lawnmower

Ancestry of “tosaerba”, step by step

tosaerba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian tosare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantosareto shear; to clip, trim
2Vulgar Latintonsare—
3Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Italian erba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianerbagrass; herb; marijuana
2Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tondeō →