Where does “tourear” come from?
tourear (Galician) comes from Galician touro, from Old Portuguese touro, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
tourear (Galician): to fight a bull; to send the bulls to the cows;...
Definitions
- to fight a bull; to send the bulls to the cows;...
Ancestry of “tourear”, step by step
tourear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician touro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | touro | a bull |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | touro | — |
| 3 | Latin | Taurus | Taurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ταῦρος | one of the Tauri |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | táuros | bull |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |
via Portuguese touro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | touro | a bull |