Where does “herbicarnivorous” come from?
herbicarnivorous (English) comes from English carnivorous, from Latin carnivorus, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
herbicarnivorous (English): Subsisting on both animal and vegetable food
Definitions
- Subsisting on both animal and vegetable food
Ancestry of “herbicarnivorous”, step by step
herbicarnivorous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carnivorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carnivorous | Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic... |
| 2 | Latin | carnivorus | feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating |
| 3 | Latin | carō | flesh, meat of an animal |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English herbivorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | herbivorous | Feeding chiefly on plants |
| 2 | New Latin | herbivorus | — |
| 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... |