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  • suffix Forming nouns with the sense of ‘feeding on, consumption of’.
  • suffix Forming nouns with the sense of eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek -φαγία, combining form of φαγεῖν (phagein, "to eat"), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthiō, "I eat").

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