The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπερίδρομος
- English todayperidromophile
Coined in 1926 by William James Sidis (writing under the pseudonym “Frank Folupa”): Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos) + English -phile (from φίλος, phílos).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερίδρομος all →
peridromeperidromophily
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.