Etymology of the English word anthropophagy
the English word
anthropophagyderived from the Latin word
anthropophagus (cannibals, man-eaters)
derived from the Greek word
anthropophagos, ἀνθρωποφάγος
using the Greek prefix
anthropo-, ἀνθρωπο-, ἀνϑρωπο-
derived from the Greek word
anthropos, ἄνθρωπος (man; man-faced; a human being)
using the Greek suffix
-phagos, -φάγος, -ϕαγος, -ϕάγος
derived from the Greek word
phagein, ϕαγεῖν (to eat)
Usage
Word found in Modern English