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Where does “aerophilatelist” come from?

aerophilatelist (English) comes from English philatelist, from English philately, from French philatélie, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

aerophilatelist (English): One who practices aerophilately; a collector of...

Definitions

  1. One who practices aerophilately; a collector of...

Ancestry of “aerophilatelist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphilatelistA person who collects and studies postage stamps
2EnglishphilatelyStamp collecting; The study of postage stamps,...
3Frenchphilatéliephilately
4Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
5Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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