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Where does “toros” come from?

toros (Spanish) comes from Spanish toro, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

toros (Spanish): plural of toro

Definitions

  1. plural of toro

Ancestry of “toros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtorobull; torus; forklift
2LatinTaurus—
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
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