Proto-Indo-European

*táwros

‘wild bull, aurochs’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, most familiar first.

• taurine ← taurīnus ← taurus ← *tauros
• toreador ← torear ← toro ← taurus ← *tauros
• taur ← ταῦρος ← *táuros
• torero ← toro ← taurus ← *tauros
• suovetaurilia ← taurus ← *tauros
• taurokathapsia ← ταυροκαθάψια ← ταῦρος ← *táuros
• tauriform ← taurifōrmis ← taurus ← *tauros
• taurolatry ← taurus ← *tauros
• tauric ← taurus ← *tauros

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *táwros