-philia
English
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
- (pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek φιλία (love, friendship, affection).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φιλία
Gloss
love, friendship, affection
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -o- English
- -phily English
- black English
- blackophilia English
- korephilia English
- philia English
- xeno- English
- xenophilia English
- Philharmonie German
- -philie French
- -filia Spanish, Castilian
- φιλία Ancient Greek
- φῐλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλία Greek (modern)