Where does “tondeō” come from?

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

tondeō (Latin): to shave, shear, clip

Definitions

  1. to shave, shear, clip

Ancestry of “tondeō”, step by step

tondeō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tend-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
2Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Proto-Italic tondeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictondeō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti—

Words derived from “tondeō”

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