Where does “lotofago” come from?

lotofago (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

lotofago (Italian): lotus eater

Definitions

  1. lotus eater

Ancestry of “lotofago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΛωτοφάγοςone of the Lotophagi
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος →