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Where does “tondeo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tondeo”, step by step

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