The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαλανηφάγος“acorn-eating”
- English todaybalanephagous
From the Ancient Greek βαλανηφάγος (balanēphágos, “acorn-eating”), from βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + φαγ- (phag-, “eat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.