Where does “ravinous” come from?
ravinous (English) comes from English ravine, from French ravin, from Old French raviner, from Old French ravine, from Latin rapīna, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
ravinous (English): Full of ravines
Definitions
- Full of ravines
Ancestry of “ravinous”, step by step
ravinous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ravine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ravine | A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's... |
| 2 | French | ravin | ravine |
| 3 | Old French | raviner | to pillage, sweep down, cascade; rush, seize by... |
| 4 | Old French | ravine | robbery, rapine; violent rush of water,... |
| 5 | Latin | rapīna | robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine |
| 6 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |