Vore
/vɔːr/noun
An informal term for a sexual fetish involving the fantasy or depiction of being eaten, or of eating another person.
Did you know?The online term developed from the Latin root vorāre, “to devour,” which also appears in scientific words describing animals by what they eat.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷerh-
“To swallow or devour; a reconstructed root associated with consuming food”
Classical Latin
Latin
vorāre
“To swallow greedily or devour”
Late Latin
Latin
-vorus
“Eating or feeding on; used in compounds describing diet”
17th Century
English
-vore
“A combining form meaning an organism that eats a particular kind of food”
19th Century
English
carnivore / herbivore
“Scientific compounds describing animals that eat meat or plants”
Late 20th–21st Century
English
vore
“Internet and subcultural shorthand for an erotic fantasy involving ingestion or being eaten”