Phago- Definition
fagō, fagə
prefix
Eating; consuming.
Phagocyte.
American Heritage
affix
Eating or destroying.
Phagocyte.
Webster's New World
Phagocyte.
Webster's New World
Origin of Phago-
From the Byzantine Greek φαγ- (phag-), perfective stem of ἔφαγον (ephagon, “I ate", “I devoured"), singular first-person aorist active indicative form (by suppletion) of ἐσθίω (esthiō, “I eat", “I devour").
From Wiktionary
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Greek from phagein to eat bhag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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