英语词汇omnivore的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	omnivore
词源	omnivore n. "omnivorous animal or person," 1890 (as a dictionary word by 1846), formed from omnivorous on model of carnivore/carnivorous. French omnivore was noted as a neologism in that language in 1801 and might be the direct source of the English word. Entries linking to omnivore omnivorous adj. "eating food of every kind indiscriminately," 1650s, from Latin omnivorus "all-devouring," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + vorare "devour, swallow" (from PIE root *gwora- "food, devouring"). Figurative use by 1791. Related: Omnivorously; omnivorousness. updated on August 24, 2019
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omnivore n.