English
voracious
Voracious comes from Latin vorāx ‘voracious, gluttonous’, and goes back to vorō ‘to devour’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorō‘to devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorāx‘voracious, gluttonous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1719voracious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorō‘to devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorāx‘voracious, gluttonous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1719voracious
Earliest quotation: 1719, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Cruso: “I never had so much as […] one wish…”
first attested First attested in the 17th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the 17th century.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- ‘to devour’
gorge, quirk, gurgle, ouroboros, 24 more
through Proto-Italic *worā
through Latin vorō ‘to devour’
Today it means
adj Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vorō / voracious