taurine
Meaningof bulls
Common meaning: bull-like
- taura bullLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1844 · scan
- ineadjective ending: of the nature of
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin taurus ‘a bull’.
Roots
- taurus, -ī Latin “a bull”
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