English

endoparasite

From endo- + parasite.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Ancient Greek παράσιτος ‘person who eats at the table of another’

Latin parasitus ‘sponger, parasite, freeloader’

Middle French parasite

Today it means

noun A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.

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Etymograph / endoparasite