phago-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Eating; consuming:
表示“吃；消费”：
phagocyte.
吞噬细胞
语源
- Greek
希腊语 - from phagein [to eat] * see bhag-
源自 phagein [吃] *参见 bhag-
phago- or (before a vowel) phag-
combining form
eating, consuming, or destroying
⇒
phagocyte
Origin
from Greek phagein to consumephago-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eating, devouring,” used in the formation of compound words:
phagocyte.
Compare -phage, -phagous, -phagy.
Origin
< Greek, combining form akin to phageîn to eat, devour
Related Words
- -phage
- phagocyte
- phagosome
phago-a word element corresponding to -phage.
[Greek]phago-
word-forming element meaning "eating," from Greek phago- "eating, devouring," (see -phagous).
phago-
combining form
see phag-
see phag-
phago-
Prefix
- Forms terms relating to eating or to consuming.
Etymology
From the Byzantine Greek φαγ- (phag-), perfective stem of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”, “I devoured”), singular first-person aorist active indicative form (by suppletion) of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”, “I devour”).