Where does “butitaurus” come from?
butitaurus (Latin) comes from Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic tauros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
Ancestry of “butitaurus”, step by step
butitaurus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin taurus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | taurus | a bull, steer; an instrument of torture, in the... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | tauros | bull |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |
via Latin butio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | butio | bittern |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | b(e)u | owl |
Words derived from “butitaurus”