Where does “tosatrice” come from?

tosatrice (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.

tosatrice (Italian): clippers (for the hair or beard)

Definitions

  1. clippers (for the hair or beard)

Ancestry of “tosatrice”, step by step

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