Where does “tonsură” come from?

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

tonsură (Romanian): tonsure

Definitions

  1. tonsure

Ancestry of “tonsură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtonsuretonsure; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchtonsuretonsure (hair)
3Latintonsūrahaircut
4Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
5Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tondeō →