Voracious
/vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/noun
Having a very eager appetite for food or other things.
Did you know?Voracious ultimately traces back to the same ancient Indo-European root behind Latin vorare, a verb of swallowing and devouring that gave English several fierce, appetite-driven words.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gwer-
“to devour, swallow”
Latin
Latin
vorāre
“to devour, gulp down”
Latin
Latin
vorāc-
“devouring, swallowing”
Late Latin
Latin
vorācious
“eager to devour”
Middle French
Old French
vorace
“greedy, devouring”
16th Century
English
voracious
“greedy, ravenously hungry”
Modern English
English
voracious
“having a very eager appetite for food or other things”