Tauroid
/ˈtɔːrɔɪd/noun
Resembling a bull or, in mathematics, shaped like a torus.
Did you know?The first element of “tauroid” comes from Greek taûros, the same bull-word used in the name of Taurus, the zodiac constellation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tawros
“Aurochs or wild bull; the reconstructed ancient source of the bull-word”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ταῦρος (taûros)
“Bull; also used in religious and mythological contexts”
Classical Latin
Latin
taurus
“Bull; the source of the astronomical name Taurus”
Medieval Latin
Latin
-oides
“Forming adjectives meaning “resembling” or “having the shape of””
19th Century
Scientific English
tauroid
“Bull-like; later also applied to forms resembling a torus”