carnivore
Meaninga flesh-eater
Common meaning: a meat-eating animal
- carnflesh, meatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 294 · scan
- vorto swallow greedilyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2014 · scan
‘flesh, meat’ + ‘to swallow greedily’ → carnivore
Journey through time
- carn — Latin carō, carnis “flesh, meat” (path traced)
- vor — Latin vorō “to swallow greedily” (path traced)
- Latincarō, carnis + vorō‘flesh, meat + to swallow greedily’
- Englishcarnivore‘a meat-eating animal’ · today
carn also in: carnalcarnagecarnivalincarnate
vor also in: voraciousdevouromnivoreomnivorousherbivorous
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin carō ‘flesh, meat’ + Latin vorō ‘to swallow greedily’.
Did you know (Latin vorare, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vorō, p. 2014 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin caro, carnis,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry carō, p. 294 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CARNIVAL, p. XXXIII · dictionary scan
Roots
- carō, carnis Latin “flesh, meat”
- vorō Latin “to swallow greedily”
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