The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτυρός“cheese”
- English todayturophile
From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + -phile. Modern coinage; attested since 1930s. Popularized by Clifton Fadiman on American TV quiz show Information Please in 1952.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτυρός all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.