Where does “voracidade” come from?

voracidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese voraz, from Latin vorācem, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.

voracidade (Portuguese): voracity

Definitions

  1. voracity

Ancestry of “voracidade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevorazvoracious; voracious; rapacious
2Latinvorācem
3Latinvorōto devour; to eat greedily
4Latinvotodative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
5Proto-Italicwetā(je)-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweth₂-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weth₂-Every word from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-Every word from Latin voto
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