English
limivorous
Limivorous comes from Latin līmus ‘mud’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīmus‘mud’
- Englishtodaylimivorous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīmus‘mud’
- Englishtodaylimivorous
Formed from -vorous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’
delete, lime, deletion, indelible, loam, dele, 8 more
through Latin līmus ‘mud’
Today it means
adj Eating mud or soil for organic matter in it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin līmus / limivorous