Where does “necrophagic” come from?
necrophagic (English) comes from English phagic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
necrophagic (English): Eating dead bodies; That feeds on carrion
Definitions
- Eating dead bodies; That feeds on carrion
Ancestry of “necrophagic”, step by step
necrophagic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phagic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phagic | Of or pertaining to a phage; bacteriophagic |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English necro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | necro | To make a new post to a forum discussion that has... |
| 2 | English | necromancy | Divination involving the dead or death; Loosely,... |
| 3 | Middle English | nigromancye | — |
| 4 | Old French | nigromancie | nigromancy |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | nigromantia | — |
| 6 | Latin | necromantīa | necromancy |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νεκρομαντεία | necromancy |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μαντεία | prophecy, divination, oracle; The power to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |