onychophagy etymology

English word onychophagy comes from English -phagy, English onycho- ((anatomy) nail.)

Detailed word origin of onychophagy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phagy English (eng) (forming nouns) eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.. (forming nouns) feeding on; consumption of.
onycho- English (eng) (anatomy) nail.
onychophagy English (eng) The habit of biting one's nails.

Words with the same origin as onychophagy

Descendants of -phagy
aerophagy androphagy anthropophagy autophagy bacteriophagy bibliophagy encephalophagy endophagy ferritinophagy foliophagy geophagy gynophagy hematophagy heterophagy necrophagy oligophagy omophagy oophagy osteophagy paedophagy pantophagy phytophagous placentophagy psomophagy stenophagy
Descendants of onycho-
onychalgia onychectomy onychitis onychodystrophy onychogryphosis onychology onycholysis onychomancy onychomycosis onychomycotic onychopathology onychopathy onychophagia onychorrhexis onychosis