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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): bull, perhaps also ox

Definitions

  1. bull, perhaps also ox

Ancestry of “ταῦρος”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ταῦρος”

  • centaur
  • Centaurus
  • minotaur
  • centaury
  • tauromachy
  • centaurian
  • centauress
  • taurokathapsia
  • tauromachic
  • onocentaur
  • centauroid
  • taurocolla
  • Proxima Centauri
  • centaurette
  • centauresque
  • centaureum
  • centaurus
  • onocentaurus
  • centaurion
  • centauria
  • centaurea
  • antitauromaquia
  • tauromaquia
  • centauro
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