Where does “tijeretazo” come from?

tijeretazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish tijereta, 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.

tijeretazo (Spanish): snip; cut, cutback

Definitions

  1. snip; cut, cutback

Ancestry of “tijeretazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtijeretaearwig; scissor kick; scissoring, tribadism, trib
2Spanishtijerascissors
3Old Spanishtixera
4Latintonsorianominative feminine singular of tōnsōrius;...
5LatinTonsusThe most important tributary river of the Hebrus, now called Tundzha or Tunca
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin Tonsus