Where does “lignophagia” come from?
lignophagia (English) comes from English ligno-, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
lignophagia (English): The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood
Definitions
- The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood
Ancestry of “lignophagia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ligno- | wood |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | — |
| 3 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |