aficionado

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The Word of the Day for June 19 is: 

aficionado   \uh-fish-ee-uh-NAH-doh\   noun
     : a person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a usually fervently 
pursued interest or activity : devotee 

Example sentence:
     Dad is a passionate lover of jazz, and the father of three more jazz 
aficionados.

Did you know?
     The affection an aficionado has for his or her favorite subject isn't 
merely emotional -- it's also etymological. Back in the early 1800s, English 
borrowed "aficionado" from the past participle of the Spanish verb "aficionar," 
which means "to inspire affection." That verb comes from the Spanish noun 
"aficion," meaning "affection." Both Spanish words trace to the Latin 
"affectio" (which is also an ancestor of the English word "affection"). 
"Affectio," in turn, is from "afficere" ("to influence"), and gave English 
speakers the noun and verbs "affect."