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herbivorous

/həˈbɪvəəs/hur-BIH-vur-uhs
/hɚˈbɪvɚəs/hur-BIH-vur-uhs

Meaningplant-eating

Common meaning: plant-eating

‘grass, a green plant’ + ‘to swallow greedily’ → herbivorous

Journey through time

Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.

  • herb — Latin herba “grass, a green plant” (dictionary form; path not traced)
  • vor — Latin vorō “to swallow greedily” (dictionary form; path not traced)

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin herba ‘grass, a green plant’ + Latin vorō ‘to swallow greedily’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vorō, p. 2014 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • herba Latin “grass, a green plant”
  • vorō Latin “to swallow greedily”

Related words

herbcarnivoredevouromnivoreomnivorousvoracious

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