Etymograph

English

suovetaurilia

Suovetaurilia comes from Latin suovetaurīlia ‘the ritual sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a…’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *ṯawr-.

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṯawr-‘bull, ox’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*táwros‘wild bull, aurochs’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tauros‘bull’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaurus‘a bull, steer’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuovetaurīlia‘the ritual sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a bull to the god Mars’
  6. Englishtodaysuovetaurilia

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Lineage

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṯawr-‘bull, ox’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*táwros‘wild bull, aurochs’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tauros‘bull’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaurus‘a bull, steer’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuovetaurīlia‘the ritual sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a bull to the god Mars’
  6. Englishtodaysuovetaurilia

Linked words

through Latin taurus ‘a bull, steer’

taurine, 5 more

Today it means

noun A religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.

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Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- / suovetaurilia

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