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atrophy

/ˈætɹəfi/A-truh-fee
/ˈætɹəfi/A-truh-fee

Meaninglack of nourishment

Common meaning: to waste away

‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘food, nourishment’ → atrophy

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TARP‘be satiated, enjoy’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 138, p. 735 · scan
  2. Greekτροφή‘food, nourishment’
  3. Englishatrophy‘to waste away’ · today

a- also in: atomabyssapathyamnestyanodyne

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek τροφή ‘food, nourishment’.

Roots

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