phagy- root words — words with the phagy- root

The root phagy- comes from Greek phagein, meaning to eat. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including aerophagia, anthropophagi, anthropophagite, anthropophagous, anthropophagy, bacteriophage, bibliophage, carpophagous, saprophagous. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the phagy- root

Explore words with phagy- — words containing the phagy- root and sharing its sense of "to eat". Examples include aerophagia, anthropophagi, anthropophagite, anthropophagous, anthropophagy, bacteriophage, bibliophage, carpophagous, saprophagous. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The phagy- root means to eat, from Greek phagein. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.