Etymology

trophic

troph·ic
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Today it means: Of or pertaining to nutrition. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τροφικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτροφικός“pertaining to food or nourishment”
  2. English todaytrophic

From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).

Words from the same roots

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tritrophic-trophic

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