Where does “herbivorously” come from?
herbivorously (English) comes from English herbivorous, from New Latin herbivorus, 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...
herbivorously (English): in a herbivorous manner
Definitions
- in a herbivorous manner
Ancestry of “herbivorously”, step by step
herbivorously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |