Where does “invasivore” come from?
invasivore (English) comes from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
invasivore (English): A person who makes a point of eating invasive...
Definitions
- A person who makes a point of eating invasive...
Ancestry of “invasivore”, step by step
invasivore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vore | The genre of creative work appreciated by... |
| 2 | English | Vaux | One of four communes in France |
| 3 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 4 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 5 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English invasive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invasive | That invades a foreign country using military... |
| 2 | Middle French | invasif | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | invasivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | invāsus | entered, invaded |
| 5 | Latin | invado | I enter; I invade |
| 6 | Latin | vādō | to go, walk, rush |
| 7 | Latin | vadere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 8 | Latin | vado | I go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wāðō | advance, proceed, go |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂dʰ- | to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse |