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Where does “tijereta” come from?

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

tijereta (Spanish): earwig; scissor kick; scissoring, tribadism, trib

Definitions

  1. earwig; scissor kick; scissoring, tribadism, trib

Ancestry of “tijereta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtijerascissors
2Old Spanishtixera—
3Latintonsorianominative feminine singular of tōnsōrius;...
4LatinTonsus—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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