Etymograph

English

tauriform

Tauriform comes from Latin taurifōrmis ‘bull-shaped, tauriform’, 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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaurifōrmis‘bull-shaped, tauriform’
  6. Englishtodaytauriform

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaurifōrmis‘bull-shaped, tauriform’
  6. Englishtodaytauriform

Every English word from Proto-Semitic *ṯawr-

Today it means

adj Having the form of a bull.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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