The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἷμα“blood”
- English todayhaemophilia
From haemo- + -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαἷμα all →
hemoglobinhemolysisbloodflowercarbohæmiacarbonæmiahaemalhaematidhaemato-haemonyhematic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.