Meanings
Origin
- Ancient Greekφάγος“glutton”
- Latin-phagus
- English-phage
From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”). Stem φαγ- (phag-) may also derive from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”) thus ultimately doublet of bhakti (via Sanskrit भक्ति (bhakti, “portion, division”) from root भज् (bhaj, “to divide, to apportion”)).
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Finnish -fagi
- -fagisomething that eats, or consumes
French -phage
- -phagesomething that eats, or consumes
German -phage
- -phagesomething that eats, or consumes
Greek -φάγος
- -φάγος (-fágos)something that eats, or consumes
Italian -fago
- -fagosomething that eats, or consumes
Japanese -食い
- -食い (-gui)something that eats, or consumes
Polish -fag
- -fagsomething that eats, or consumes
Portuguese -fago
- -fagosomething that eats, or consumes
Slovak -fág
- -fágsomething that eats, or consumes
Spanish -fago
- -fagosomething that eats, or consumes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -phage
Cite this entry
-phage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phage
“-phage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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