Where does “megaherbivore” come from?
megaherbivore (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...
megaherbivore (English): Any very large herbivore, typically one weighing...
Definitions
- Any very large herbivore, typically one weighing...
Ancestry of “megaherbivore”, step by step
megaherbivore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English herbivore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | herbivore | An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an... |
| 2 | French | herbivore | herbivorous; herbivore |
| 3 | New Latin | herbivorus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |