vor
Latineat, devour
About This Root
From Latin vorāre (to devour, eat greedily). Most visible in the -vore/-vorous words that classify eaters: carnivore (meat eater), herbivore (plant eater), omnivore (eats everything). Voracious means having an insatiable appetite — literally or figuratively. Devour (to eat up completely) comes through Old French from the same root. Voracity emphasizes the greed of consumption.
Associated Words · 9
devour
To eat greedily; to consume or destroy completely
carnivore
An animal that feeds on meat; a meat-eater
voracious
Eating greedily; having an insatiable appetite for food or anything else
herbivore
An animal that eats mainly plants
carnivorous
Feeding on animals or insects
omnivorous
Eating both plants and animals; having wide-ranging interests
herbivorous
Feeding chiefly on plants
omnivore
An animal or person that eats both plants and meat
voracity
Extreme greediness in eating or desire