Where does “tosare” come from?

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

tosare (Italian): to shear; to clip, trim

Definitions

  1. to shear; to clip, trim

Ancestry of “tosare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tosare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tondeō →
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