omnivorous
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
omnivorous
eating any sort of food, especially, both animal and vegetable food
杂食的
Dissection of omnivorous
omnivorous = omni- (all) + vor (eat) + -ous (full of);
omnivorous = eating all kinds of foods
Now Repeat my Dissection
omnivorous = eating all kinds of foods
Important roots for this word:
omni-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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