The story
- Latin · derived frombōs“ox”
- Late Latin · borrowed frombovīnus“relating to cattle”
- English todaybovine
PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Words from the same roots
Latinbōs all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.