Where does “esuriently” come from?
esuriently (English) comes from English esurient, from Latin ēsurient, from Latin ēsuriō, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
esuriently (English): In an esurient manner
Definitions
- In an esurient manner
Ancestry of “esuriently”, step by step
esuriently traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English esurient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | esurient | Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; avid, eager;... |
| 2 | Latin | ēsurient | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēsuriō | to be hungry, to hunger for something |
| 4 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |