Etymology

-philic

Today it means: Synonym of -philous. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φίλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφίλος“love”
  2. English today-philic

From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “love”) + -ic. By surface analysis, -phile + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφίλος all →

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