English

agrophage

From agro- + -phage.

Formed from agro + phage

Italian Agro

English agro

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti ‘to eat’

Proto-Hellenic *édō ‘to eat’

Ancient Greek ἔδω ‘to eat, consume’

English phage

Today it means

noun A bacteriophage used to control agricultural pests

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agrophage