Where does “omnidestructive” come from?
omnidestructive (English) comes from English destructive, from Middle French destructif, from Latin dēstructīvus, from Latin dēstruō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
omnidestructive (English): all-destroying
Definitions
- all-destroying
Ancestry of “omnidestructive”, step by step
omnidestructive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English destructive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | destructive | Causing destruction; damaging; Causing breakdown... |
| 2 | Middle French | destructif | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēstructīvus | destructive |
| 4 | Latin | dēstruō | to destroy, demolish, ruin |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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... |