Where does “omni” come from?
omni (English) comes from English omnivore, from Latin omnivorus, 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...
omni (English): A person who is not vegan; one with no particular...
Definitions
- A person who is not vegan; one with no particular...
Ancestry of “omni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) |
| 2 | Latin | omnivorus | eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous |
| 3 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |