Where does “butor” come from?

butor (Norman) 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.

butor (Norman): stupid person

Definitions

  1. stupid person

Ancestry of “butor”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →