omnivore
Meaningan all-eater
Common meaning: an eater of all kinds of food
- omnall, everyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1264 · scan
- vorto swallow greedilyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2014 · scan
‘all, every’ + ‘to swallow greedily’ → omnivore
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- omn — Latin omnis, -e “all, every” (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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin omnis ‘all, every’ + Latin vorō ‘to swallow greedily’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vorō, p. 2014 · dictionary scan
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