Where does “tonsurar” come from?

tonsurar (Spanish) comes from Late Latin tōnsūrō, from Latin tonsūra, from Latin tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tonsurar (Spanish): to clip, shear

Definitions

  1. to clip, shear

Ancestry of “tonsurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintōnsūrō
2Latintonsūrahaircut
3Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-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