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localvore en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English local Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English localvore From local + -vore.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of locavore (“one who eats only locally-grown foods”).
   alt of locavore
   • 2007, Rebecca Kneale Gould, "Binding Life to Values", in Jonathan Isham and Sissel A. Waage (eds.), Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement, Island Press, →ISBN, page 123, The idea of eco-kosher both draws on and contributes to organic, slow food, and “localvore” movements, but it grounds these ideas in an ancient tradition that has always understood eating to be a sacred act that must support the principles of the flourishing of life and the establishment of justice.

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