Etymology

phonomania

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Ancient Greek φόνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφόνος“murder”
  2. English todayphonomania

Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) + -mania

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφόνος all →

erotophonophilia

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