The story
- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀκρίς“locust”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromacridophagus
- English todayAcridophagi
The plural of Latin acridophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) + φάγος (phágos).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀκρίς all →
acridologyacridophagus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.