Where does “butor” come from?
butor (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin butitaurus, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
butor (Old French): bittern
Definitions
- bittern
Ancestry of “butor”, step by step
butor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin butitaurus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | butitaurus | — |
| 2 | Latin | Taurus | Taurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ταῦρος | one of the Tauri |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | táuros | bull |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |
via Latin butitaurus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | butitaurus | — |
| 2 | Latin | taurus | a bull, steer; an instrument of torture, in the... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tauros | bull |