Etymology

bulimarexia

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Today it means: An eating disorder involving both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Full definition →

English anorexia ← Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  3. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  4. Ancient Greekλῑμός (līmós)
  5. Ancient Greekβούλῑμος (boúlīmos)
  6. Ancient Greekβουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)
  7. Englishbulimia
  8. Proto-Indo-European*né
  9. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  11. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  14. Ancient Greekὀρέγω (orégō)
  15. Ancient Greekὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
  16. Ancient Greekἀνορεξία (anorexía)
  17. Englishanorexia
  18. English todaybulimarexia

Blend of bulimia + anorexia.

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