The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love, fondness”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτάφος“funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb, grave”
- English todaytaphophilia
From tapho- + -philia. From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb, grave”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, fondness”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτάφος all →
taphonomybibliotaphtafone-taphtapho-taphoflorataphophiletaphophobetaphophobiataphophobicTaphos
Ancient Greekφιλία all →
philiaamaurophiliaaquaphiliaautagonistophilialudophilia-philia-philyturriphileturriphilia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.