Etymology

endoparasite

en·do·par·a·site
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Today it means: A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm. Full definition →

English parasite ← Middle French parasite ← Latin parasītus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  9. Ancient Greekσῖτος (sîtos)
  10. Ancient Greekπαράσιτος (parásitos)
  11. Latinparasītus
  12. Middle Frenchparasite
  13. Englishparasite
  14. English todayendoparasite

From endo- + parasite.

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