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Where does “macroherbivore” come from?

macroherbivore (English) comes from English herbivore, from French herbivore, 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...

macroherbivore (English): Any large herbivore

Definitions

  1. Any large herbivore

Ancestry of “macroherbivore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishherbivoreAn organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an...
2Frenchherbivoreherbivorous; herbivore
3New Latinherbivorus—
4Latin-vorus-eating, -devouring
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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