Where does “omnicarnivore” come from?
omnicarnivore (English) comes from English carnivore, from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
omnicarnivore (English): An animal that eats many types of other animal
Definitions
- An animal that eats many types of other animal
Ancestry of “omnicarnivore”, step by step
omnicarnivore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carnivore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carnivore | An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an... |
| 2 | French | carnivore | carnivorous; carnivore |
| 3 | Latin | carnivorus | feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating |
| 4 | Latin | carō | flesh, meat of an animal |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English omni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omni | A person who is not vegan; one with no particular... |
| 2 | English | omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) |
| 3 | Latin | omnivorus | eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous |
| 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... |