-trophy
/tɹə.fi/
-trophy suffix: nutrition.
Suffix
-trophy
Origin of -trophy
From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).
Words formed from -trophy
- alogotrophy
- amyelotrophy
- brephotrophy
- chemoheterotrophy
- chemolithoautotrophy
- chemoorganotrophy
- chondrodystrophy
- cytotrophy
- epistrophy
- hemiatrophy
- hemihypertrophy
- kakotrophy
- methylotrophy
- minerotrophy
- myzotrophy
- ophthalmatrophy
- orphanotrophy
- paedotrophy
- pantatrophy
- paratrophy
- phagotrophy
- photoautotrophy
- photolithotrophy
- photoorganotrophy
- prototrophy
- zootrophy
Questions about -trophy
- What does -trophy mean?
- -trophy means nutrition.
- What part of speech is -trophy?
- -trophy is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -trophy?
- -trophy is pronounced /tɹə.fi/.
Words near -trophy in the dictionary
Source and license
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