myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of anthropophagus

Etymology of the Latin word anthropophagus

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)