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Where does “ἐσθίω” come from?

ἐσθίω (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔδω, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éd-.

ἐσθίω (Ancient Greek): I eat, devour, consume; I fret, vex; I take in my...

Definitions

  1. I eat, devour, consume; I fret, vex; I take in my...

Ancestry of “ἐσθίω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἔδωAlternative form of ἐσθίω; to eat, to consume;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éd-—

Words derived from “ἐσθίω”

  • sarcophagus
  • macrophage
  • dysphagia
  • phagocytic
  • bacteriophage
  • autophagy
  • phagocyte
  • phytophagous
  • hyperphagia
  • polyphagous
  • odynophagia
  • anthropophagy
  • anthropophagi
  • hemophagocytic
  • phagocytize
  • dysphagic
  • coprophagy
  • nematophagous
  • phagedenic
  • coliphage
  • anthropophagous
  • anthropophagic
  • mycophagous
  • hyperphagic
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