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