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parasitise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-a-sitise
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite English -ise English parasitise From parasite + -ise.

Inflected Forms

parasitises (present, singular) parasitising (participle, present) parasitised (participle, past) parasitised (past) parasitize (alternative)

Derived Forms

ectoparasitise parasitisation parasitism parasitoid pseudoparasitise

Questions

What does parasitise mean?
To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
Where does parasitise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite English -ise English parasitise From parasite + -ise.

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