Where does “locavore” come from?
locavore (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.
locavore (English): One who tries to eat only locally grown foods
Definitions
- One who tries to eat only locally grown foods
Ancestry of “locavore”, step by step
locavore 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 local
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | local | From or in a nearby location; Having limited... |
| 2 | Middle English | local | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | localis | belonging to a place; local; Belong to a place;... |
| 4 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 5 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |