esurient

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁édti“to eat”
2. Latin · borrowed fromēsurient
3. English todayesurient

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from late 17th c. Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.