myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of limivoro

Etymology of the Italian word limivoro

the Italian word limivoro

derived from the Italian word limo

derived from the Latin word limus (apron crossed with purple, worn by attendants at sacrifice, by magistrates; mud, mire; slime; oblique, transverse; sidelong)

using the Italian suffix -voro

derived from the Late Latin suffix -vorus

derived from the Classical Latin word vorare (to devour; swallow, devour)