The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-φαγία
- English today-phagic
From Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Used to form adjectives from prefixes, to denote diet types Full definition →
From Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.