Where does “mégaherbivore” come from?
mégaherbivore (French) comes from French herbivore, 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...
mégaherbivore (French): megaherbivore
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- megaherbivore
Ancestry of “mégaherbivore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | herbivore | herbivorous; herbivore |
| 2 | New Latin | herbivorus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |