Etymology

carnivore

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Today it means: An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet. Full definition →

French carnivore ← Latin carnivorus
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  1. French · derived fromcarnivore
  2. Latin · derived fromcarnivorus
  3. French · borrowed fromcarnivore
  4. English todaycarnivore

Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.

Words from the same roots

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carnivorous

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