The combining form -phagous is used like a suffix meaning “eating,” “feeding on,” or “devouring” a thing specified by the first part of the word. ... The form -phagous ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, meaning “to eat, devour.” This Greek root also helps form the word esophagus.

What does Phago mean in Greek?

Phago-: Eating, devouring. From the Greek "phago" meaning "to eat." Examples of words starting with phago- include: phagocyte, a cell that can engulf particles; and phagophobia, an excessive fear of eating.

What is the root meaning of term?

term (n.) c. 1200, terme "limit in time, set or appointed period," from Old French terme "limit of time or place, date, appointed time, duration" (11c.), from Latin terminus "end, boundary line," in Medieval Latin "expression, definition," related to termen "boundary, end" (see terminus).