Where does “herbivorus” come from?

herbivorus (New 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...

Ancestry of “herbivorus”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	-vorus	-eating, -devouring
2	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
4	Proto-Italic	-os	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “herbivorus”

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