Etymology

typomaniac

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Today it means: A person who is obsessed with typography, or more generally with the business of printing and publishing Full definition →

English maniac ← French maniaque ← Late Latin maniacu
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The story

  1. Englishtypo-
  2. Ancient Greekμανιακός (maniakós)
  3. Late Latinmaniacu
  4. Frenchmaniaque
  5. Englishmaniac
  6. English todaytypomaniac

From typo- + maniac.

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