Where does “herbivore” come from?

herbivore (French) comes from New Latin herbivorus, 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...

herbivore (French): herbivorous; herbivore

Definitions

  1. herbivorous; herbivore

Ancestry of “herbivore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinherbivorus—
2Latin-vorus-eating, -devouring
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “herbivore”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -vorus →
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