Where does “devour” come from?
Devour comes from Old French devourer, from Old French devorer, from Latin devoro, composed of the prefix de- and Latin de.
devour (English): To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or...
Definitions
- To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or...
Ancestry of “devour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | devouren | To devour or eat up; to ravenously feed on |
| 2 | Old French | devorer | to devour; to consume |
| 3 | Latin | dēvorō | to swallow, gulp down, or devour; enjoy |
| 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 |