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Omnivore

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an animal that eats both plant and animal matter
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omnis
Latin · ancient
"all"
all, combined with vorare (to devour)
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omnivore
English · 1800s
"an animal that eats both plants and meat"
adopted by biologists for an animal that eats both plants and meat
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