mycophilia etymology

English word mycophilia comes from English -philia, English myco- ((biology) fungus.)

Detailed word origin of mycophilia

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-philia English (eng) (pathology) abnormal liking or tendency; paraphilia. Liking; love (for something).
myco- English (eng) (biology) fungus.
mycophilia English (eng) The love of mushrooms.

Words with the same origin as mycophilia

Descendants of -philia
Judeophilia bibliophilia blackophilia ethnophilia haematophilia hydrophilia incestophilia kleptophilia lesbophilia limnophilia logophilia mechaphilia mysophilia necrophile nepiophilia ochlophilia olfactophilia plumbophilia polyphilia pornophilia pyrophilia pædophilia teratophilia trichophilia
Descendants of myco-
bioxalomycin dermatomycosis mycobactericidal mycobacteriology mycobiome mycocecidium mycocide mycoculture mycodiesel mycoflora mycoherbicide mycoheterotrophy mycoinsecticide mycology mycopeptone mycopesticide mycophage mycosic mycosphere mycosymbiont mycothiol mycotoxicological mycotoxicologist mycovirology pseudomycosis