Etymology

lexiconophilia

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Today it means: The love of dictionaries and other books of words. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā) ← English lexicon
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The story

  1. Englishlexicon
  2. Ancient Greekφῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)
  3. English todaylexiconophilia

From lexicon + -o- + -philia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.