Where does “omnivoracity” come from?
omnivoracity (English) comes from English voracity, from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas, from Latin vorāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
omnivoracity (English): The condition of being omnivorous
Definitions
- The condition of being omnivorous
Ancestry of “omnivoracity”, step by step
omnivoracity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voracity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voracity | the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme... |
| 2 | Middle French | voracité | — |
| 3 | Latin | voracitas | greediness, ravenousness, voracity |
| 4 | Latin | vorāx | voracious, gluttonous |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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... |