Italian; Italian and ….
English Italy plus ‑o‑.
An Italophile is a person who admires Italian culture and traditions; someone Italophone speaks Italian; Italo-Grecian refers to Greek settlers or Greek civilization in Italy in the classical period; Italo-Byzantine refers to Byzantine art as developed in Italy.
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