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Where does “myrmécophilie” come from?

myrmécophilie (French) comes from French myrmécophile, from French myrméco-, from French -phage, from Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος, from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν, from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g- — to divide, distribute, allot.

myrmécophilie (French): myrmecophily

Definitions

  1. myrmecophily

Ancestry of “myrmécophilie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmyrmécophilemyrmecophilic, myrmecophilous
2Frenchmyrméco-ant
3French-phage-phage
4Latin-phagus—
5Ancient Greekφάγοςglutton
6Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot
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