Etymograph

English

carnivoracity

Carnivoracity comes from Latin caro ‘flesh, meat’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō1‘meat’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaro2‘flesh, meat’
  4. Englishtodaycarnivoracity2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin caro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English carnivoracity

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin caro‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karōWiktionary, Latin caro‘meat’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaroWiktionary, English carnivoracity‘flesh, meat’
  4. EnglishtodaycarnivoracityWiktionary, English carnivoracity

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

short, across, share, cross, screen, cancer, score, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, skirt, circulation, circus, curb, scare, scrutiny, shrine, cancellation, crest, scar, shred, corona, circa, shear, scorpion, shrewd, incarceration, circulate, crux, raffle, corolla, riddance, crepe, shard, scorn, cirque, carcinoma, ruck, 113 more

through Latin caro ‘flesh, meat’

card, incarnation, carnage, incarnate, carnal, carrion, carnation, 13 more

Today it means

noun greedy appetite for meat

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “carnivoracity”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin caro. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / carnivoracity

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