Etymology

Hellenophile

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Today it means: Someone who has a love of Greece or Greek culture, either Ancient or Modern. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἙλλάς“Greece”
  2. English todayHellenophile

From Helleno- + -phile, from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekἙλλάς all →

HellenicHellasHellenophilia

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