-phage
/feɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.66 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”). Stem φαγ- (phag-) may also derive from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”) thus ultimately doublet of bhakti (via Sanskrit भक्ति (bhakti, “portion, division”) from root भज् (bhaj, “to divide, to apportion”)).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -phagus, φάγος