English

interdevour

From inter- + devour.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin vorō ‘to devour’

Latin dēvorō ‘to swallow, gulp down, or devour’

Old French devorer ‘to devour’

Middle English devouren ‘to devour or eat up’

Today it means

verb Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interdevour