English
lexiconophilia
From lexicon + -o- + -philia.
Formed from lexicon + -o- + -philia
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect’
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Ancient Greek λεξικός ‘of words’
Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον
Byzantine Greek λεξικόν ‘a lexicon, a dictionary’
New Latin lexicon ‘a dictionary, a lexicon’
English lexicon
Today it means
noun The love of dictionaries and other books of words.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lexiconophilia