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Where does “mycophagie” come from?

mycophagie (French) comes 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.

mycophagie (French): mycophagy

Definitions

  1. mycophagy

Ancestry of “mycophagie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-phagie—
2Latin-phagia—
3Ancient Greek-φαγία—
4Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot
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