detritivore

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷerh₃-“to devour”
2. Latin · derived fromvorāre
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*terh₁-“to rub, to rub by twisting; to twist, to turn”
4. Latin · derived fromdētrītus“the act of rubbing away”
5. German · derived fromDetritivore
6. English todaydetritivore

From German Detritivore, from Latin dētrītus (“the act of rubbing away”) (from dēterō (“to rub away, to rub off, to wear out”), from dē- (“away; down”) + terō (“to rub; to wear away, to wear out”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to rub by twisting; to twist, to turn”)) + Latin vorāre (from vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)). Analyzable as detritus + -i- + -vore.

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