Etymology

polyphagia

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Today it means: An excessive appetite for food Full definition →

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπολῠ́ς“many”
  2. English todaypolyphagia

From poly- + -phagia, from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) and ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon, “eat”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς all →

polychoron

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