The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love”, “fondness”
- Latin · derived fromlūdus“play”
- 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
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.