The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love, affection”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγωνιστής“actor”
- English todayautagonistophilia
From auto- + Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “actor”) + -philia from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”). Literally: “love of oneself as actor or performer.”
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀγωνιστής all →
agonistagonistes
Ancient Greekφιλία all →
philiataphophiliaamaurophiliaaquaphilialudophilia-philia-philyturriphileturriphilia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.