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Where does “Ταῦρος” come from?

Ταῦρος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

Ταῦρος (Ancient Greek): one of the Tauri

Definitions

  1. one of the Tauri

Ancestry of “Ταῦρος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
2Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “Ταῦρος”

  • Taurus
  • Taurus
  • Ταυρική
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