Where does “carnivorous” come from?
Carnivorous comes from Latin carnivorus, composed of Latin caro (flesh) and Latin voro (to devour), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to cut or separate.
carnivorous (English): Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic...
Ancestry of “carnivorous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | carnivorus | feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating |
| 2 | Latin | carō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “carnivorous”