-phagy
suff.（后缀）
suff.（后缀）
- Variant of -phagia
-phagia的变体
-phagy or -phagia
combining form in countable noun
indicating an eating or devouring
⇒
anthropophagy
Origin
from Greek -phagia; see phago--phagy
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eating,” “devouring” that specified by the initial element, especially as a practice or habit:
allotriophagy; anthropophagy.
Also, -phagia.
Origin
< Greek -phagia; see -phage, -y3
Related Words
- -phage
- -phagia
- anthropophagy
- cytophagy
- geophagy
- hippophagy
-phagya word element forming a noun termination meaning 'eating', 'devouring', especially as a practice or habit, as in coprophagy, anthropophagy.
[Greek -phagia, from -phagos -phagous]-phagy
noun combining form
(plural -phagies)
geophagy
noun combining form
(plural -phagies)
ETYMOLOGY Greek -phagia, from phagein
: eating of a (specified) type or substancegeophagy
-phagy
combining form
- denoting the practice of eating a specified food表示“食”, “吃”：
-
anthropophagy.
词源
from Greek -phagia, from phagein 'eat'.
ORIGIN: Greek -phagia , from phagein eat: see -y 3
-pha·gy
\fəjē, -ji\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Greek -phagia, from phagein to eat + -ia -y — more at baksheesh
: eating of a (specified) type or substance — especially in biological and medical terms
< anthropophagy >
< biophagy >
< cytophagy >
< geophagy >
< anthropophagy >
< biophagy >
< cytophagy >
< geophagy >
-phagy
Suffix
- Forming nouns with the sense of ‘feeding on, consumption of’.
- Forming nouns with the sense of eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”).
Derived terms
feeding on, consumption of
feeding in a specific manner