Where does “tonsure” come from?

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

tonsure (Old French): tonsure (hair)

Definitions

  1. tonsure (hair)

Ancestry of “tonsure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonsūrahaircut
2Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tonsure”

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