Where does “omnificent” come from?
omnificent (English) comes from English omni, 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...
omnificent (English): all-creating
Definitions
- all-creating
Ancestry of “omnificent”, step by step
omnificent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |