Etymology

carnivorous

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Today it means: Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora. Full definition →

Latin carnivorus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcarnivorus“flesh-eating”
  2. English todaycarnivorous

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

Words from the same roots

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carnivore

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