philately English · revision 1168

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fɪˈlæt.ə.li/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|philatélie]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) coined in 1864 by the French stamp collector Georges Herpin,^(Etymonline) from [[grc|φίλος|tr=phílos|t=loving]] and [[grc|ἀτέλεια|tr=atéleia|t=exemption from tax]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''a-'' “without” and ''télos'' “tax”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) A postage stamp showed that the charge had been prepaid, so the letter was free of charge to the recipient.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The collecting and study of postage stamps (1865).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Fowler regretted that so popular a pursuit had so unintelligible a name.^(Etymonline) Rival words of the 1860s included ''stampomania'' and ''timbrology''.^(Etymonline) In the OED the word also means stamps collectively (1930).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1862 – ''stamp-collecting''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1864 – French ''philatélie''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1865 – ''philately'', ''philatelist''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1930 – stamps collectively.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The collecting and study of postage [[stamp|alt=stamps]], postmarks and related material; stamp collecting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The study of postal history.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[philatelic]]

+ * [[philatelically]]

+ * [[philatelist]]

+ * [[aerophilately]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[telos]]

+ * [[toll]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}