Etymology

predatorious

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Today it means: predatory Full definition →

Latin praedatorius
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompraedatorius
  2. English todaypredatorious

From Latin praedatorius, equivalent to predatory + -ous.

Words from the same roots

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