Where does “vori” come from?

vori (Esperanto) comes from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

vori (Esperanto): to devour, to consume

Definitions

  1. to devour, to consume

Ancestry of “vori”, step by step

vori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin eboreus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineboreusivory
2Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
3Demoticybivory, Elephantine
4Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
5Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
6Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-

via Latin vorō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvorōto devour; to eat greedily
2Latinvotodative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
3Proto-Italicwetā(je)-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweth₂-to say

Words derived from “vori

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-