herbivorous
English
/hɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/
adj
Definitions
- Feeding chiefly on plants.
Etymology
Derived from Latin herbivorus, herba (grass, herb, vegetation, plant, weed).
Origin
Latin
herba
Gloss
grass, herb, vegetation, plant, weed
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
草
Emoji
🏡 🐄 🐏 🐑 🐮
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiherbivorous English
- herbivorously English
- herbivorousness English
- macroherbivorous English
- megaherbivorous English
- nonherbivorous English
- Paris herba, herba Paris (Herba Paris) Latin
- herba Latin
- herbaceus Latin
- herbaticum Latin
- herbeus Latin
- herbidus Latin
- herbitum Latin
- herbivorus Latin
- herbosus Latin
- herbula Latin
- herbālis Latin
- herbārium Latin
- herbāticum Latin
- par Latin
- erba Italian
- hierba Spanish, Castilian
- yerba Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- erva Portuguese
- erbe Old French
- erbier Old French
- herbo Esperanto
- iarbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- erva Old Portuguese
- earbã Aromanian
- erva Romansh
- yerba Asturian
- jerbe Friulian
- erba Old Occitan
- erva Sicilian
- jarba Dalmatian
- harbe Bourguignon
- erbamédica Sardinian
- evera Neapolitan
- gièrba Istriot
- yerba Istriot