Where does “ierbivor” come from?

ierbivor (Romanian) comes from Romanian iarbă, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Ancestry of “ierbivor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiarbăgrass; herb
2Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-Every word from Latin herbaEvery word from Romanian iarbă
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