Where does “antiherbivory” come from?
antiherbivory (English) comes from English herbivory, from English herbivore, from French herbivore, from New Latin herbivorus, from Latin -vorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
antiherbivory (English): That protects a plant from being eaten
Definitions
- That protects a plant from being eaten
Ancestry of “antiherbivory”, step by step
antiherbivory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English herbivory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | herbivory | The consumption of living plant tissue by animals |
| 2 | English | herbivore | An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an... |
| 3 | French | herbivore | herbivorous; herbivore |
| 4 | New Latin | herbivorus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |