The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκρέας“flesh, meat”
- English todaykreophagy
From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh, meat”) + -phagy. By surface analysis, kreo- + -phage + -y.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκρέας all →
creatinecreatininecreosotecreaticcreo-kreo-kreotoxin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.