Where does “ignivomous” come from?

ignivomous (English) comes from Latin ignivomus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ignivomous (English): Throwing out fire, as a volcano does

Definitions

  1. Throwing out fire, as a volcano does

Ancestry of “ignivomous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinignivomusvomiting fire
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin ignivomus →