Where does “toro” come from?
toro (Spanish) comes from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
toro (Spanish): bull; torus; forklift
Ancestry of “toro”, step by step
toro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Taurus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Taurus | Taurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ταῦρος | one of the Tauri |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | táuros | bull |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |
via Latin torus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | torus | a swelling, protuberance, bulge, knot; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
Words derived from “toro”