Etymology

ludophilia

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Today it means: The love of play. Full definition →

Latin lūdus ← Ancient Greek φιλία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love”, “fondness”
  2. Latin · derived fromlūdus“play”
  3. English todayludophilia

Latin lūdus (“play”) + English -philia (from the Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love”, “fondness”))

Words from the same roots

Latinlūdus all →

ludusludologyludo-ludomaniaLudoSport

Ancient Greekφιλία all →

philiataphophiliaamaurophiliaaquaphiliaautagonistophilia-philia-philyturriphileturriphilia

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