Where does “-vore” come from?

-vore (English) comes from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.

-vore (English): An organism, usually animal, identified by its...

Definitions

  1. An organism, usually animal, identified by its...

Ancestry of “-vore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvorōto devour; to eat greedily
2Latinvotodative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
3Proto-Italicwetā(je)-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweth₂-to say

Words derived from “-vore”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic wetā(je)- →Every word from Latin voto →
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