English
tanorexia
Blend of tan + anorexia.
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
noun A condition whose sufferers believe they are too pale and become obsessed with tanning.
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Etymograph / tanorexia