Where does “detrivore” come from?
detrivore (English) comes from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “detrivore”, step by step
detrivore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vore | The genre of creative work appreciated by... |
| 2 | English | Vaux | One of four communes in France |
| 3 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 4 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 5 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English detritus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detritus | Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or... |
| 2 | Latin | detritus | rubbed away, worn away, worn out, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | dēterō | to rub off, rub away, wear out, rasp |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |