Voracity
/vɔːˈræs.ɪ.ti/noun
Excessive greed or eagerness, especially for food or consumption.
Did you know?It ultimately comes from Latin vorāx, meaning “devouring,” from vorāre, “to devour,” a root that also lives in words like “voracious” and the eerie-sounding “devour” family of consumption.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gwer-
“to swallow, devour”
Latin
Latin
vorāre
“to devour, swallow greedily”
Latin
Latin
vorāx
“devouring, ravenous”
Late Latin
Latin
vorācitās
“greediness, ravenousness”
Middle French
Old French
voracité
“voracity, greediness”
16th Century
English
voracity
“greediness, ravenous appetite”
Modern English
English
voracity
“excessive greed or eagerness, especially for food or consumption”
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