φαγεῖν
phageîn
“to eat”
6 words in English grow from this root.
Anthropophagy
Everydayἄνθρωποςánthrōpos
“human eating”
Dysphagia
Medicineδυσ-dys-
“difficult eating”
Esophagus
Medicineοἴσωoísō
“what will carry the eaten”
Macrophage
Medicineμακρόςmakrós
“big eater”
Phagocyte
Medicineφαγεῖνphageîn
“eating cell”
Sarcophagus
Faithσάρξsárx
“flesh eating”