corvorant

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷerh₃-“to devour, eat; to swallow”
2. Latin · derived fromvorantem
3. English todaycorvorant

A modification, due to folk etymology, of cormorant by combining it with Latin vorantem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular of vorāns (“devouring; swallowing up”), the present active participle of vorō (“to devour, eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, eat; to swallow”).

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