English
carnivoracity
Carnivoracity comes from Latin caro ‘flesh, meat’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaro‘flesh, meat’
- Englishtodaycarnivoracity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaro‘flesh, meat’
- Englishtodaycarnivoracity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, cross, screen, cancer, score, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, skirt, circulation, circus, curb, scare, scrutiny, shrine, cancellation, crest, scar, shred, corona, circa, shear, scorpion, shrewd, incarceration, circulate, crux, raffle, corolla, riddance, crepe, shard, scorn, cirque, carcinoma, ruck, 114 more
through Latin caro ‘flesh, meat’
card, incarnation, carnage, incarnate, carnal, carrion, carnation, 13 more
Today it means
noun greedy appetite for meat
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / carnivoracity