Etymology

edacious

e·da·cious
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Today it means: Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin edāx ← Proto-Italic *edō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁édti
  3. Proto-Italic*edō
  4. Latinedō
  5. Latinedāx
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. English todayedacious

From Latin edāx (“gluttonous; greedy”) + English -ious (adjectival suffix).

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