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Where does “-vore” come from?

-vore (French) comes from Latin -vorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-vore (French): -vore; -vorus

Definitions

  1. -vore; -vorus

Ancestry of “-vore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-vorus-eating, -devouring
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-vore”

  • herbivore
  • herbivory
  • insectivore
  • antiherbivore
  • megaherbivore
  • nonherbivore
  • mesoherbivore
  • macroherbivore
  • mégaherbivore
  • herbivore
  • insectivore
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