Where does “Botaurinae” come from?

Botaurinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Botaurus, from New Latin butaurus, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin butitaurus, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

Botaurinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Botaurinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualBotaurusgenus
2New Latinbutaurus—
3Old Frenchbutorbittern
4Vulgar Latinbutitaurus—
5LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
6Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
7Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
8Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →