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tondeo.

to shave, shear, clip

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɔn.de.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈtɔn.de.o]
  1. to shave, shear, clip

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  2. to crop, prune, trim

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  3. to mow, reap

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  4. to graze upon, browse, feed

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  5. to plunder, deprive, strip

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tondeō Latin tondeo From Proto-Italic *tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to split, cut off”). See also Latin temnō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō), Welsh tam (“morsel”), Middle Irish tamnaim (“I cut off”), Proto-Slavic *tęti "to split, cleave", and the second element of Latin aestimō (“to appraise, value, estimate”).

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