Etymology

taur

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Today it means: A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and the upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ταῦρος ← Proto-Indo-European *táwros
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*táwros
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromταῦρος“bull”
  3. English todaytaur

Clipping of centaur, corresponding to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of steer.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekταῦρος all →

Taurustauromachy

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