Where does “bittern” come from?

bittern (English) comes from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin butitaurus, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

bittern (English): Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily...

Definitions

  1. Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily...

Ancestry of “bittern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbutorbittern
2Vulgar Latinbutitaurus—
3LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
4Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
5Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “bittern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →