Where does “tonsillae” come from?

tonsillae (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tonsillae (Latin): tonsils

Definitions

  1. tonsils

Ancestry of “tonsillae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*tonslilā
2Proto-Italictonslis
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tonsillae

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-