Urox
/ˈjʊər.ɒks/noun
A variant spelling of aurochs, the extinct wild ancestor of domestic cattle.
Did you know?The urox or aurochs survived into historical times, and Julius Caesar described these wild cattle as so powerful that capturing them alive was considered impossible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ūrós
“Wild ox or aurochs”
Ancient Celtic
Celtic
*uros
“A wild ox; the source of later forms in several European languages”
Classical Latin
Latin
ūrūs
“Aurochs or wild ox”
Old High German
OHG
ūr-ohso
“Primeval or wild ox; literally, wild ox”
Middle High German
MHG
ūrohse
“Aurochs”
Modern English
English
urox
“A variant spelling of aurochs”