Where does “unvoracious” come from?
unvoracious (English) comes from English voracious, from Latin vorāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unvoracious (English): Not voracious
Definitions
- Not voracious
Ancestry of “unvoracious”, step by step
unvoracious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voracious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voracious | Wanting or devouring great quantities of food;... |
| 2 | Latin | vorāx | voracious, gluttonous |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |