The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἔφηβος“adolescent”
- English todayephebophilia
From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) + φιλία (philía, “love, friendship”). By surface analysis, ephebe + -philia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔφηβος all →
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