myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of butyrum

Etymology of the Latin word butyrum

the Latin word butyrum

derived from the Greek word bouturon, βούτυρον

derived from the Greek word bous, βοῦς (an ox (as grazing); an animal of that species ('beef'))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷou-

English butter, English butyr-, English butyric, French burre, French butyreux, Portuguese butiril, Portuguese butirila, Portuguese butírico, Spanish buro, Spanish cochevira

Dutch boter, English butter, French beurre, German Butter, Italian burro, Provençal buire, Yiddish puter