Where does “frugivorus” come from?

frugivorus (Latin) 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...

frugivorus (Latin): frugivorous, fruit-eating

Definitions

  1. frugivorous, fruit-eating

Ancestry of “frugivorus”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -vorus →