Where does “carnivorously” come from?
carnivorously (English) comes from English carnivorous, from Latin carnivorus, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
carnivorously (English): In a carnivorous manner
Ancestry of “carnivorously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | carnivorous | Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic... |
| 2 | Latin | carnivorus | feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating |
| 3 | Latin | carō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |