Where does “tonsūra” come from?

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

tonsūra (Latin): haircut

Definitions

  1. haircut

Ancestry of “tonsūra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tonsūra”

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