Where does “piscivore” come from?
piscivore (Italian) comes from Italian piscivoro, from Italian -voro, 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...
piscivore (Italian): feminine plural of piscivoro
Definitions
- feminine plural of piscivoro
Ancestry of “piscivore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | piscivoro | piscivorous |
| 2 | Italian | -voro | Used to form masculine nouns analogous to -vore;... |
| 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... |