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
Ancestry of “tonsillae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | *tonslilā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | tonslis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tonsillae”