Etymology

phillumenist

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Today it means: A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers. Full definition →

Latin lumen
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlumen“light”
  2. English todayphillumenist

From phil- (“love of”) + Latin lumen (“light”) + -ist.

Words from the same roots

Latinlumen all →

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