The story
- Latin · derived fromvorō“to devour”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσαπρός“putrid”
- English todaysaprovore
From Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “putrid”) and Latin vorō (“to devour”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσαπρός all →
sapro-
Latinvorō all →
folivore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.