Etymology

piscivore

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Today it means: A fish eater. Full definition →

Latin vorō ← Proto-Italic *worā ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpiscis
  4. Englishpisci-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷerh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷorh₃éh₂
  7. Proto-Italic*worā
  8. Latinvorō
  9. English todaypiscivore

From pisci- (“fish”) + -vore (“eater”).

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