The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμασάομαι“to chew”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromλοβός“earlobe”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὠτικός“of the ear”
- English todaygynotikolobomassophile
From gyno- + Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, “of the ear”) + Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”) + Ancient Greek μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”) + -phile.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλοβός all →
lobelobus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.