parasitize

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English parasitize From parasite + -ize.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: parasiteer — live off a host
• Belarusian: паразітава́ць (parazitavácʹ) — live off a host
• Bulgarian: паразитирам (parazitiram) — live off a host
• Catalan: parasitar — live off a host
• Chinese Mandarin: 寄生 (jìshēng) — live off a host
• Dutch: parasiteren — live off a host
• Finnish: loisia — live off a host
• Finnish: olla loisena — live off a host
• French: parasiter — live off a host
• Galician: parasitar — live off a host
• German: parasitieren — live off a host
• German: schmarotzen — live off a host
• Hungarian: élősködik — live off a host
• Japanese: 寄生 (kisei) — live off a host
• Latin: parasitō — live off a host
• Polish: pasożytować — live off a host
• Portuguese: parasitar — live off a host
• Russian: паразити́ровать (parazitírovatʹ) — live off a host
• Upper Sorbian: pochlěbować — live off a host
• Spanish: parasitar — live off a host
• Swedish: parasitera — live off a host
• Ukrainian: паразитува́ти (parazytuváty) — live off a host
• Vietnamese: kí sinh — live off a host
• Yiddish: פּאַראַזיטירן (parazitirn) — live off a host