βρῶμα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a shipworm (Teredo navalis) that bores into wooden piers, ships, etc.
- that which is eaten, food, meat
- (dentistry) cavity
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (eat, eat up, I eat).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βιβρώσκω
Gloss
eat, eat up, I eat
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- broma English
- carnivorous English
- devour English
- voracious English
- vorago English
- -vorus Latin
- carnivorus Latin
- devoro Latin
- dēvorāre Latin
- gurges Latin
- gurgulio Latin
- voracitas Latin
- vorago Latin
- vorare Latin
- vorator Latin
- voratrina Latin
- voratrix Latin
- vorax Latin
- voro Latin
- vorācitātem Latin
- vorāginōsus Latin
- vorāgō Latin
- vorāre Latin
- vorātrīcem Latin
- vorātōrem Latin
- vorō Latin
- bromatologia Italian
- bromatologo Italian
- brumeggio Italian
- voragine Italian
- bromatologie French
- carnivore French
- broma Spanish, Castilian
- bromatología Spanish, Castilian
- bromazo Spanish, Castilian
- bromear Spanish, Castilian
- bromista Spanish, Castilian
- βάραθρον Ancient Greek
- βιβρώσκω Ancient Greek
- βορά Ancient Greek
- βρῶσις Ancient Greek
- δημοβόρος Ancient Greek
- ἐλαφόβοσκον Ancient Greek
- ἑλλέβορος Ancient Greek
- *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷr̥h₃-tlom Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ōd- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwerkō Proto-Germanic
- *gora Proto-Slavic
- *goraľь Proto-Slavic
- *gъrdlo Proto-Slavic
- *žerdlo Proto-Slavic
- *žьrati Proto-Slavic
- gerlo, *žьrdlo Proto-Slavic
- broma Catalan, Valencian
- bromós Catalan, Valencian
- hangër Albanian
- garganta Old Portuguese
- girtas Lithuanian
- girtuoklis Lithuanian
- *engranti Proto-Albanian
- *grinja Proto-Albanian
- *gur- Proto-Albanian
- *gerˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic