Where does “pedophagic” come from?

pedophagic (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.

pedophagic (English): Engaging in, involving, or related to the eating...

Definitions

  1. Engaging in, involving, or related to the eating...

Ancestry of “pedophagic”, step by step

pedophagic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phagic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphagicOf or pertaining to a phage; bacteriophagic
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English pēdō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpēdō
2EnglishpedophileAn adult who is sexually attracted to or engages...
3English-phileForming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving",...
4Latin-phila-phile
5Ancient GreekφίλοςThat which is loved or important: beloved, dear;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰil-o-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰil-good, decent; decent, good, harmonious, friendly;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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