Etymology

parasitize

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Today it means: To live on or in a host organism as a parasite. Full definition →

English parasite ← Middle French parasite ← Latin parasītus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  5. Ancient Greekσῖτος (sîtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπαράσιτος (parásitos)
  7. Latinparasītus
  8. Middle Frenchparasite
  9. Englishparasite
  10. English todayparasitize

From parasite + -ize.

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