oleophilic etymology

English word oleophilic comes from English oleo- (Oil or oil-based materials.), English -philic

Detailed word origin of oleophilic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
oleo- English (eng) Oil or oil-based materials.
-philic English (eng)
oleophilic English (eng) Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water).

Words with the same origin as oleophilic

Descendants of oleo-
olein oleochemical oleochemistry oleocystidium oleodistillate oleograph oleogum oleomargarine oleophobic oleophobicity oleoresin oleoyl
Descendants of -philic
Americophilic Israelophilic Italophilic Sinophilic aerophilic androphilic anthropophilic azophilic biastophilic bibliophilic congophilic cytophilic fluorophilic halophilic iodophilic lipophilicity metallophilic metallophilicity neutrinophilic nyctophilic rheophilic scatophilic theophilic thermophilic