φιλέω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- I love, like, regard highly
- I treat kindly, welcome
- (post-Homeric) I show signs of affection, kiss
- (post-Homeric) I enjoy
Etymology
Suffix from Ancient Greek φίλος (beloved, loving, love, friend, dear, friendly).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φίλος
Gloss
beloved, loving, love, friend, dear, friendly
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
友
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philic English
- -philous English
- Philip English
- Philomela English
- korephile English
- malt English
- pamphlet English
- -phila Latin
- Philippa Latin
- Philippus Latin
- Philomela Latin
- Philoxenus Latin
- acidophilus Latin
- philomela Latin
- philtrum Latin
- -filo Italian
- filatelie Dutch, Flemish
- philanthrope French
- philatélie French
- philatéliste French
- philogynie French
- -filo Spanish, Castilian
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Φίληβος Ancient Greek
- Φίλιππος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- κόρη Ancient Greek
- παιδοφίλης Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- φίλημα Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φίλτρον Ancient Greek
- φιλοψευδής Ancient Greek
- φιλτροδότης Ancient Greek
- φιλόδοξος Ancient Greek
- φιλότης Ancient Greek
- φιλύρα Ancient Greek
- ἵππος Ancient Greek
- -filo Portuguese
- Filipe Portuguese
- -fileach Irish
- -filo Galician
- -φιλος Greek (modern)
- Φίλιππος Greek (modern)
- φίλος Greek (modern)
- filsafat Indonesian
- philtre Middle French
- 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- prwypwsꜣ Egyptian
- filipsescu Aromanian
- ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- *pʰílos Proto-Hellenic