Where does “hippophagique” come from?

hippophagique (French) comes from French hippophagie, from French -phagie, from Latin -phagia, from Ancient Greek -φαγία, from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν, from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g- — to divide, distribute, allot.

hippophagique (French): horse meat

Definitions

  1. horse meat

Ancestry of “hippophagique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhippophagiehippophagy
2French-phagiephagy
3Latin-phagia
4Ancient Greek-φαγίαeating
5Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-Every word from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν