Where does “touro” come from?

touro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese touro, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

touro (Portuguese): a bull

Definitions

  1. a bull

Ancestry of “touro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetouro—
2LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “touro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →
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