Where does “taurine” come from?

Taurine derives from Latin taurīnus, meaning of or relating to a bull, from Latin taurus with the Latin suffix -īnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos.

taurine (English): Pertaining to a bull; bull-like; An...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like; An...

Ancestry of “taurine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaurinusbulls, oxen; taurine
2LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
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