Etymology

paedophilia

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Today it means: UK standard spelling of pedophilia. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā) ← English paedo-
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The story

  1. Englishpaedo-
  2. Ancient Greekφῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)
  3. English todaypaedophilia

From paedo- + -philia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.