The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἴλουρος“cat”
- English todayailurophile
From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phile (“lover”), from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”) + φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαἴλουρος all →
ailuro-ailurophiliaailurophiliac
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.