Etymology

linguaphilia

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Today it means: The love of language and words. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā) ← Latin lingua
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The story

  1. Latindingua
  2. Latinlingua
  3. Ancient Greekφῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)
  4. English todaylinguaphilia

From Latin lingua + English -philia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.