Etymology

omnivorous

om·niv·o·rous
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Today it means: Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous. Full definition →

English omni- ← Latin omnis ← Proto-Italic *opnis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*opnis
  3. Latinomnis
  4. Englishomni-
  5. English todayomnivorous

From omni- + -vorous.

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