Where does “devourer” come from?
Devourer comes from English devour, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -arius, Proto-Indo-European de, and Proto-Italic -os, ultimately deriving from roots meaning to eat or consume.
devourer (English): One who devours
Ancestry of “devourer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | devourere | — |
| 2 | Middle English | devouren | — |
| 3 | Old French | devorer | to devour; to consume |
| 4 | Latin | dēvorō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |