Editing Parasitism (section)

== Etymology ==

First used in English in 1539, the word ''parasite'' comes from the [[Old French|Medieval French]] {{lang|fro|parasite}}, from the [[Latinisation (literature)|Latinised]] form {{lang|la|parasitus}},   {{ety|grc|''παράσιτος''<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpara%2Fsitos παράσιτος], Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> (parasitos)|one who eats at the table of another||''in turn from'' ''παρά''<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpara%2F παρά], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> (para)|beside, by||''σῖτος'' (sitos)|wheat, food}}.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dsi%3Dtos σῖτος], Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> The related term ''parasitism'' appears in English from 1611.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dsitismo%2Fs σιτισμός], Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>

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