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Where does “photovore” come from?

photovore (English) comes from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

photovore (English): A robot that is powered by solar cells and moves...

Definitions

  1. A robot that is powered by solar cells and moves...

Ancestry of “photovore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvoreThe genre of creative work appreciated by...
2EnglishVaux—
3English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
4French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
5Latin-īta—
6Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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