spanophilia etymology

English word spanophilia comes from English -philia, Ancient Greek σπᾰνός

Detailed word origin of spanophilia

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-philia English (eng) (pathology) abnormal liking or tendency; paraphilia. Liking; love (for something).
σπᾰνός Ancient Greek (grc)
spanophilia English (eng) (rare) Love of the rare.

Words with the same origin as spanophilia

Descendants of -philia
Judeophilia bibliophilia blackophilia ethnophilia haematophilia hydrophilia incestophilia kleptophilia lesbophilia limnophilia logophilia mechaphilia mycophilia mysophilia necrophile nepiophilia ochlophilia olfactophilia plumbophilia polyphilia pornophilia pyrophilia pædophilia teratophilia trichophilia
Descendants of σπᾰνός
spanaemia