omophagous adj.

before vowels om-, word-forming element meaning "raw, unripe," from Greek ōmos "raw," from PIE root *hemo- "raw, sharp-tasting" (source also of Sanskrit amah "raw, uncooked, unripe," Armenian hum; Old Irish om, Welsh of).

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to share out, apportion; to get a share."

It forms all or part of: aphagia; Bhagavad-Gita; baksheesh; esophagus; nebbish; pagoda; -phage; phago-; -phagous; porgy; sarcophagus.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit bhajati "assigns, allots, apportions, enjoys, loves," bhagah "allotter, distributor, master, lord," bhaksati "eats, drinks, enjoys;" Persian bakhshidan "to give;" Greek phagein "to eat," literally "to have a share of food;" Old Church Slavonic bogatu "rich."