aerophilous etymology

English word aerophilous comes from English -philous, English aero- (Air or aircraft.)

Detailed word origin of aerophilous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-philous English (eng) Having an affinity, attraction, preference or love of something.
aero- English (eng) Air or aircraft.
aerophilous English (eng) (biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment.

Words with the same origin as aerophilous

Descendants of -philous
ammophilous anemophilous calciphilous chiropterophilous dendrophilous entomophilous halophilous heliophilous homophilous hydrophilous hygrophilous malacophilous mesophilous myrmecophilous necrophilous ombrophilous ornithophilous petrophilous photophilous phytophilous psammophilous tropophilous xenophilous zoophilous
Descendants of aero-
aeradio aeroatelectasis aerobatic aerobiosis aerobrake aerodrome aerodynamics aerogen aerogenerator aerograph aerogun aeromancy aeronautical aeropause aerophore aerosiderite aerosiderolite aerosol aerospace aerotherapeutic aerotherapy aerothermal aerotowing aerotropism aerovane