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Where does “faunivory” come from?

faunivory (English) comes from English faunivore, from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

faunivory (English): The eating of other animals

Definitions

  1. The eating of other animals

Ancestry of “faunivory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaunivoreAny animal that eats other animals
2EnglishvoreThe genre of creative work appreciated by...
3EnglishVaux—
4English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
5French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
6Latin-īta—
7Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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