English
graminivorous
Graminivorous comes from Latin grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843graminivorous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843graminivorous
Earliest quotation: 1843, Frederick Marryat, Sonora: “We passed a large jaguar, glaring fiercely at a…”
Formed from grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’ + -i- + -vorous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow (of plants?)’
green, grow, grass, herb, arbor, groom, gourmet, graze, yerba, greedily, ambergris, 17 more
through Latin grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
Today it means
adj That eats grasses and seeds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grāmen / graminivorous