English
rapaciously
From rapacious + -ly.
A compound of rapacious + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti
Proto-Italic *rapjō ‘to seize, take away’
Latin rapiō ‘to grab’
Latin rapāx ‘grasping, greedy’
English rapacious
Today it means
adv In a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / rapaciously