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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

  1. bittern

Ancestry of “butor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbutitaurus—
2LatinTaurus—
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “butor”

  • bittern
  • sunbittern
  • little bittern
  • butor
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