English 'omnivore' from Latin 'omnis' (all) + 'vorāre' (to devour) — literally an 'all-devourer.'
An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
From Latin omnivorus (all-devouring, eating everything), composed of omnis (all, every, the whole) + vorāre (to devour, to swallow greedily, to consume). The PIE root of vorāre is *gʷerh₃- (to swallow, to devour). The same root produces Greek bibrṓskein (to eat), Sanskrit girati (he swallows), and English gorge (to eat greedily) via
German solved 'omnivore' differently — instead of borrowing the Latin, German created its own compound: 'Allesfresser' (all-eater), a calque (word-for-word translation). The '-vore' ending appears in 'carnivore' (meat-eater), 'herbivore' (plant-eater), 'insectivore' (insect-eater), and even 'locavore' (coined in 2005 for someone who eats only local food). Humans are among the most successful omnivores, which is partly