Where does “omniprevalent” come from?
omniprevalent (English) comes from English prevalent, from Latin praevalens, from Latin praevaleō, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
omniprevalent (English): Prevalent everywhere or in all things
Definitions
- Prevalent everywhere or in all things
Ancestry of “omniprevalent”, step by step
omniprevalent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prevalent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prevalent | Widespread or preferred; Superior in frequency or... |
| 2 | Latin | praevalens | dominant; superior |
| 3 | Latin | praevaleō | to be very able or more able; to be superior, prevail |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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... |