Where does “edax” come from?

edax (Latin) comes from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

edax (Latin): greedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious,...

Definitions

  1. greedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious,...

Ancestry of “edax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinedōto eat
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis
4Proto-Indo-European-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “edax

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin edō
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