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