"a collector of match-boxes or match-books," by 1949, from philo- + Latin lumen"light" (n.) (from suffixed form of PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness") + -ist.
philippic
Philippines
philistine
Philistine
Phillips
phillumenist
Philly
philo-
philodendron
philologist
philology
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