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Where does “filatelist” come from?

filatelist (Crimean Tatar) comes from French philatéliste, from French philatélie, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

filatelist (Crimean Tatar): philatelist, stamp collector

Definitions

  1. philatelist, stamp collector

Ancestry of “filatelist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphilatélistephilatelist
2Frenchphilatéliephilately
3Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
4Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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