English
ravinous
From ravine + -ous.
Formed from ravine + -ous
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’
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Latin rapiō ‘to snatch (oneself)’
Latin rapīna ‘robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine’
Old French raviner ‘to pillage, sweep down, cascade’
French ravin ‘a gully’
English ravine
Today it means
adj Full of ravines.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ravinous”. 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 / ravinous