Etymology

-orexia

Today it means: Related to appetite and eating disorders. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄρεξις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρεξις“appetite”
  2. English today-orexia

From Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”). Modeled on anorexia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄρεξις all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.