Etymology

phytivorous

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Today it means: Feeding on plants; herbivorous. Full definition →

Latin vorare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvorare“to eat greedily”
  2. English todayphytivorous

From phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvorare all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.