Where does “βιβλιοφαγία” come from?

βιβλιοφαγία (Greek) comes from Greek βιβλιοφάγος, from Greek -φάγος, from Ancient Greek -φάγος, from Ancient Greek ἔφαγον, from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g- — to divide, distribute, allot.

βιβλιοφαγία (Greek): bibliophagy; the act of book-eating; occasionally said of certain insects such as psocopterans or other literal bookworms

Definitions

  1. bibliophagy; the act of book-eating; occasionally said of certain insects such as psocopterans or other literal bookworms

Ancestry of “βιβλιοφαγία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekβιβλιοφάγοςbookworm
2Greek-φάγοςeating the food denoted by the prefix
3Ancient Greek-φάγοςeater; eater; glutton; -eating
4Ancient GreekἔφαγονI ate, devoured
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-
6Proto-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 -φάγος
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