Proto-Hellenic

*tūrós

‘cheese’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *tūrós.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *tūrós, most familiar first.

• butter ← buter ← butere ← *buterā ← būtȳrum
• tyrosine ← τῡρός
• kefalotyri ← κεφαλοτύρι ← τυρί ← τυρίν ← τυρίον
• turophile ← τυρός
• tyroma ← τυρός
• tyrosis ← τυρός
• tyremesis ← τυρός
• tyromancy ← τυρός

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *tūrós