Etymology

turriphile

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Today it means: Someone with turriphilia. Full definition →

Latin turris ← Ancient Greek φιλία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία
  2. Latin · derived fromturris“tower”
  3. English todayturriphile

Coined by Theodore Ziolkowski in 1998. Equivalent to Latin turris (“tower”) + -philia, from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Words from the same roots

Latinturris all →

towertorTorresturretturribrachycephalyturriliteturriphilia

Ancient Greekφιλία all →

philiataphophiliaamaurophiliaaquaphiliaautagonistophilialudophilia-philia-philyturriphilia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.