Etymology

pagophagia

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Today it means: The pathological consumption of ice, a manifestation of pica, often resulting from iron or nutritional deficiencies. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πάγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάγος“ice”
  2. English todaypagophagia

From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos, “ice”) + -phagia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπάγος all →

-pagus

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