Etymograph

English

anorexigenic

From anorexia + -genic.

Formed from anorexia + -genic

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’

Ancient Greek ὀρέγω ‘to reach, stretch, stretch out’

Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς ‘yearning’

Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία ‘lack of appetite’

English anorexia

Today it means

adj creating or inducing a state of anorexia

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

Etymograph / anorexigenic