Added 9 October 2026
parasite
/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/ noun
In Latin: parasītus, parasīta Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about parasite at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).
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