taurus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a bull, steer
- an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull
- a small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern
- a kind of beetle
- (anatomy) the perineum
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *tauros inherited from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (bull, wild bull).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*táwros
Gloss
bull, wild bull
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- taurolatry English
- taurylic acid English
- toreador English
- toreadori Finnish
- taureus Latin
- taurifer Latin
- tauriformis Latin
- taurigenus Latin
- taurinus Latin
- taurulus Latin
- taurum, taurus Latin
- turris Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- tauro Italian
- torico Italian
- toro Italian
- toroide Italian
- toreador Dutch, Flemish
- taureau French
- toréador French
- tour French
- tauromaquia Spanish, Castilian
- toreador Spanish, Castilian
- torear Spanish, Castilian
- torero Spanish, Castilian
- toril Spanish, Castilian
- torista Spanish, Castilian
- toro Spanish, Castilian
- tórico Spanish, Castilian
- Μινώταυρος Ancient Greek
- ταυρομαχία Ancient Greek
- ταυροφάγος Ancient Greek
- ταῦρος Ancient Greek
- *táwros Proto-Indo-European
- tyr Norwegian Bokmål
- tyrefekting Norwegian Bokmål
- touro Portuguese
- *þeuraz Proto-Germanic
- tyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- tyrefekting Norwegian Nynorsk
- tarbh Irish
- tarbhchomhrac Irish
- túr Irish
- tarfr Old Norse
- þjórr Old Norse
- tyr Danish
- *turъ Proto-Slavic
- *tȗrъ Proto-Slavic
- tor Old French
- torel Old French
- toreador Serbo-Croatian
- тореадор Serbo-Croatian
- toro Catalan, Valencian
- tarfur Icelandic
- tauromaquia Galician
- touro Galician
- taur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tăuraș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ταύρος Greek (modern)
- tauro Ido
- tarb Old Irish
- tarbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tarbh-allaidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tùr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tarvur Faroese
- tjórneyt Faroese
- tjórur Faroese
- tarroo Manx
- touoré Norman
- touothé Norman
- tuore Norman
- toro Tagalog
- touro Old Portuguese
- *torvi Proto-Finnic
- *tarwos Proto-Celtic
- tōrn Middle Low German
- tavru Aromanian
- taur Occitan
- þiur Old Swedish
- þiur, þiūr Old Swedish
- *tauros Proto-Italic
- taur Romansh
- toru Asturian
- taur Friulian
- *ṯawr- Proto-Semitic
- *taura Proto-Albanian
- *taurás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- dóola Navajo, Navaho
- thiur Old Danish
- *táuros Proto-Hellenic
- toro Hiligaynon
- turo Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- toro San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
- tauris Old Prussian
- tùlu’úna Taos
- tuur Southeastern Tepehuan
- tuúru Northern Tepehuan
- túru Huichol
- taurom Lusitanian