Vorous
/ˈvɔːr.əs/noun
Relating to eating or consuming, usually occurring as the second element in compounds such as carnivorous.
Did you know?Vorous ultimately comes from Latin vorāre, “to swallow greedily,” the same root that produced English voracious and the -vore element in words for eaters.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷerh₃-
“To swallow or devour; a reconstructed ancestral root”
Classical Latin
Latin
vorāre
“To swallow greedily or devour”
Classical Latin
Latin
-vorus
“Eating or devouring; used in compounds”
Late Latin
Latin
vorāx
“Devouring or greedy”
17th Century
English
-vorous
“A combining form meaning “feeding on” or “devouring””
Modern English
English
vorous
“Relating to eating or consuming, chiefly in compounds”