Where does “frugivorousness” come from?
frugivorousness (English) comes from English frugivorous, from English -vorous, from Latin -vorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
frugivorousness (English): The state or quality of being frugivorous
Definitions
- The state or quality of being frugivorous
Ancestry of “frugivorousness”, step by step
frugivorousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frugivorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frugivorous | Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit;... |
| 2 | English | -vorous | forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually... |
| 3 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |