Where does “exofag” come from?

exofag (Romanian) comes from Romanian fag, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

exofag (Romanian): exophagic

Definitions

  1. exophagic

Ancestry of “exofag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfagbeech; honeycomb
2Latinfavushoneycomb; a hexagonal pavement stone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
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