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Where does “tixera” come from?

tixera (Old Spanish) comes from Latin tonsoria, from Latin Tonsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “tixera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonsorianominative feminine singular of tōnsōrius;...
2LatinTonsus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tixera”

  • tijeretazo
  • tijerilla
  • tijeras
  • tijera
  • tijereta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →